This recipe is SO good! It has so much flavor and is healthy too! Broccoli rabe is a great source of vitamins A, C, and K, potassium, calcium, and iron. If you've never tried it, you are in for a treat. It is an Italian vegetable that has a taste like nothing you have ever tried before. It is bitter but delicious.
Broccoli rabe with white beans and orrichetti:
Take the leaves and flowers off of the stems of a bunch of broccoli rabe.
Wash and dry.
Place in a large saute pan with 1 chopped shallot, 1 chopped garlic clove, salt, black pepper, and crushed red pepper flakes, and 2 cups of chicken stock. Drizzle with 1/4 cup of extra virgin olive oil.
This would be a good time to start the pasta water. Make sure you add a handful of salt to the boiling water before you add the pasta.
When the water is boiling, add your orricheti.
Saute until the rabe is wilted.
Add 1 can of drained and rinsed cannellini beans.
Strain the pasta and toss with olive oil.
Spoon the sauce over the pasta and top with Parmesan cheese.
