Orecchiette Alle Cime Di Rapa
Ingredients – Serves 4
- 1kg Turnip Tips
- 400g Orecchiette Pasta
- 1 Clove of Garlic
- 8 Anchovy Fillets in Oil
- Salt to Taste
- Extra Virgin Olive Oil to Taste
- Fresh Chilli (optional)
Method
Clean the turnip tips: remove the worn leaves, and the hard and fibrous outer stems and keep the inner ones smaller and more tender.
Take the florets, remove them one by one from the core, remove the outer part of the core and cut the part into small pieces which are white and tender. Wash and drain well.
Place a large pot with plenty of salted water on the heat, when the water starts to boil add the leaves, which require longer cooking.
After about 5 minutes, pour in our fresh orecchiette. (If you use fresh pasta, pour the orecchiette together with the turnips).
Place a pan on the fire, pour the extra virgin olive oil, let it heat and add the whole garlic, let the oil flavour and then remove it, let it brown, turn off the heat and add the anchovies to the oil so that they melt.
At this point, pour our anchovy sautéed directly into the pot of freshly drained orecchiette and turnips, and mix well.