Salsiccie e Friarelli

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Classic combination of sausage and bitter broccoli rabe, representative of Puglia.

  • 4

Ingredients

  • 4 lbs pork shoulder, grinded
  • 2 lbs pancetta, grinded
  • 1/4 cup kosher salt, plus more to taste
  • 2 tbsp ground black pepper
  • 3 tbsp dried oregano
  • 2 tbsp red pepper flakes
  • 1/2 cup dry white wine
  • sausage casings
  • 2 bunches brocooli rabe, trimmed
  • 4 cloves garlic, crushed
  • 1/2 cup toasted bread crumbs
  • extra-virgin olive oil

Preparation

Step 1

Mix ground pork with salt, pepper, oregano, chile flakes, and wine until well blended. Set up a sausage stuffer and create the sausages, forming 4" long sausages. Prick them with a sharp knife in several places and refrigerate until ready to cook.

Bring a large pot of salted water to boil and blanch rabe for 2 minutes then shock in ice water.

Preheat broiler or a large saute pan. Brown sausages all over and cook for about 15 minutes. Transfer sausages to a large pan, if not already using one, and add garlic and rabe. Salt rabe to taste and cook for another 5-7 minutes.

Put breadcrumbs in a bowl and drizzle in some oil and mix well. Plate rabe and sausages and sprinkle rabe with breadcrumbs.