Orecchiette With Mushrooms Arugula Tomatoes And Brie Recipes

ONE PAN ORECCHIETTE PASTA

Steps:

• Heat olive oil in a large, deep skillet over medium heat. Cook and stir onion with a pinch of salt in hot oil until onion is soft and golden, 5 to 7 minutes. Stir sausage into onions; cook and stir until sausage is broken up and browned, 5 to 7 minutes.
• Pour 1 1/2 cups chicken broth into sausage mixture and bring to a boil while scraping the browned bits of food off of the bottom of the pan with a wooden spoon. Add orecchiette pasta; cook and stir pasta in hot broth, adding remaining broth when liquid is absorbed, until pasta is cooked through and most of the broth is absorbed, about 15 minutes.
• Stir arugula into pasta-sausage mixture until arugula wilts. Ladle pasta into bowls and dust with Parmigiano-Reggiano cheese.

ORECCHIETTE PASTA WITH WILD MUSHROOM CREAM SAUCE- EMERIL LAGASSE

Steps:

• In a large pot of boiling salted water, cook the pasta until al dente.
• Drain pasta and return to the pot.
• Cover to keep warm.
• If you are re-constituting dried mushrooms, boil slightly in a separate pot or pan until they have absorbed enough water to make them tender.
• If you are re-constituting dried mushrooms, add the fresh mushrooms to them for about 1 minute to allow them to absorb some of the wild mushroom flavor.
• In a large saute pan, heat the oil over medium-high heat.
• Add the mushrooms and cook, stirring, until soft, 3 to 4 minutes.
• Add the shallots, garlic, thyme, salt, and pepper, and cook, stirring, until fragrant, about 2 minutes.
• Add the cream.
• Increase the heat to high, and bring to a boil.
• Reduce the heat and simmer until the sauce thickens enough to coat the back of a spoon, about 5 minutes.
• Add the Parmesan and adjust the seasoning, to taste.
• Add the pasta, stir to coat with the sauce, and cook until the pasta is heated through, 1 minute.
• Remove from the heat and divide equaly among serving bowls or plates.
• Sprinkle each serving with chives and serve immediately.

ORECCHIETTE WITH CHERRY TOMATOES AND ARUGULA

Steps:

• Start bringing a large pot of salted water to a boil. Meanwhile, heat 3 tablespoons oil on medium-low in a large sauté pan. Add garlic and allow to cook 10 minutes, until oil is fragrant but garlic has not browned. Remove garlic (save for another use). When water boils, stir in pasta.
• Add tomatoes to oil in sauté pan, increase heat to medium-high and, when tomatoes start to shrivel and collapse, reduce heat to low and cook until softened but not shapeless, about 5 minutes. Stir a couple of times. Reserve ½ cup of pasta water.
• Drain pasta and add to tomatoes, folding both together. Add some pasta water if needed for moistening. Fold in arugula and remaining oil. When arugula has just wilted, season dish with salt and pepper. Serve with a dusting of cheese.

ORECCHIETTE WITH MUSHROOMS, ARUGULA, TOMATOES, AND BRIE

Steps:

• Cook pasta in pot of boiling salted water until just tender but still firm to bite. Drain, reserving cup cooking liquid.
• Meanwhile, heat oil in heavy large skillet over medium-high heat. Add mushrooms and garlic and sauté until mushrooms soften, about 5 minutes. Add tomatoes and stir until beginning to soften, about 2 minutes. Add wine; bring sauce to boil. Reduce heat to medium-low and simmer until tomatoes soften and release their juices, about 5 minutes.
• Add arugula, cheese and pasta to sauce. Toss until arugula wilts, cheese begins to melt and pasta is heated through, adding reserved cooking liquid by tablespoonfuls if mixture is dry. Season with salt and pepper.