I have Italian spirit!! - Broccoli rabe with Italian sausage pasta

I am a Taiwanese... I am married to a Canadian. My husband Josh always liked to take me out for dinner in the first few years after we got married. Before I married him, the only way I knew pasta was served was with ground beef and tomato sauce. I actually thought the sauce was "ketchup." I have to admit that I didn't like pasta then. The first time I tried to make pasta with ketchup, it was  too sweet and I was almost sick when I tasted it. So, I didn't like pasta at all until I met Josh's stepmother Santa, who is an expert at cooking Italian food. I finally knew how delicious pasta can be. I hadn't previously seen broccoli rabe in Asia, and I didn't know people take sausage meat out of the casing to use as an sauce ingredient. This pasta is made in a very similar way to Asian fried noodles. Here is the recipe : and thank you Santa mom!!

Ingredient :
Italian sausage         1 pack (about 5 pieces)
Onion                       1 piece, large size           finely chopped
Garlic                        4 cloves                         finely chopped
Broccoli rabe            1 lbs                               cut to small piece
Cherry tomatoes       handful                          halve
Parmesan cheese      2 tbsp                            grated
Penne                        1 box

Step by Step :

 Wash the broccoli rabe, and cut into small pieces.

Halve the cherry tomatoes.

 Chop the onion and garlic.

 Cut the sausage case open.







 Take out the sausage meat and set aside. Prepare to boil the water.  Put 2 tsp of salt and 1 tsp olive oil into the boiling water, and add the penne to the water. Boil until the pasta is 90% cooked. (it will complete cooking with the sauce). Drain, but keep a little bit of pasta water (about 2 tbsp).

 Put a big pot on high heat. Pour a thin layer of olive oil. Put the sausage meat into the pot. Stir, breaking the sausage meat to smaller pieces.






 When the sausage is cooked, add the onion and garlic. Stir until the onion is soft. 

Add the cherry tomatoes. Turn heat to medium and stir for 2 minutes.

 

Add the broccoli rabe and cook until soft; about 5 minutes. Then put in the the 90%-cooked pasta and 2 tbsp of pasta water into the meat sauce and stir for a further 2 minutes.

Serve with parmesan cheese.





Enjoy!