Orecchiette alle Cime di Rapa

Name: Orecchiette alle Cime di Rapa
Yield: 3 servings
Cuisine: Italian
Ingredients: 400g orecchiette pasta; 500g turnip greens (cime di rapa); 4 anchovy fillets; 4 cloves garlic, sliced

Orecchiette alle Cime di Rapa/oh-reh-kee-EH-teh ah-leh CHEE-meh dee RAH-pah/

About this dish

Ear-shaped pasta tossed with bitter turnip greens, garlic, and anchovy.

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Ingredients

🍝400g orecchiette pasta

🥬500g turnip greens (cime di rapa)

🐟4 anchovy fillets

🧄4 cloves garlic, sliced

Method

Serves 3

Cook the orecchiette in salted water, adding the turnip greens in the last few minutes.

Sauté garlic and anchovies in olive oil until the anchovies dissolve.

Add a little chili flakes if desired.

Drain the pasta and greens, reserving some cooking water.

Toss everything together in the pan, loosening with pasta water as needed.

✓ What Makes it Authentic

Orecchiette con cime di rapa is a signature dish of Puglia, valued for the balance between the bitter greens and savory anchovy.

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