Italian
Orecchiette with Pugliese Sauce
by Cucina con Ruben · 548K subscribers on YouTube
A traditional Pugliese pasta dish featuring handmade orecchiette with a fresh tomato and green bean sauce, finished with cacioricotta cheese and basil.
- Difficulty
- medium
Ingredients
12 items- 200 gFarina Integrale di Grano Duropreferably Senatore Cappelli whole wheat durum flour
- 100 mlWater
- Salta pinch for the dough, and to taste for the sauce and blanching water
- Olive Oila drizzle for the sauce
- 1 pcsGarlic1 clove, crushed
- Chili Pepperto taste
- Cherry Tomatoesfresh cherry tomatoes, cut into small pieces
- Dried Tomatoesrehydrated in water and chopped
- Green Beansfresh green beans, trimmed and cut into pieces
- Cacioricottavegetable rennet cacioricotta, to taste
- Basilfresh basil leaves, to taste
- Pepperto taste
Method
- Prepare the dough: mix 200 g of whole wheat durum flour with a pinch of salt, add 100 ml of warm water and knead until smooth and elastic. Cover with plastic wrap and let rest for 10 minutes.
- Meanwhile, make the sauce: in a pan, heat a drizzle of olive oil and sauté a crushed clove of garlic and chili pepper to taste.
- Add the cherry tomatoes cut into small pieces and the rehydrated, chopped sun-dried tomatoes. Cook over medium-low heat for a few minutes.
- Blanch the green beans in boiling salted water for 3-4 minutes, then drain and add them to the sauce. Continue cooking.
- Meanwhile, shape the orecchiette: roll the dough into thin ropes, cut into small pieces, and shape each piece by dragging it with a knife and turning it inside out.
- Cook the orecchiette in the same boiling salted water used for the green beans until they float to the surface.
- Drain the orecchiette and toss them with the sauce, adding fresh basil.
- Plate: place a layer of cacioricotta on the plate, arrange the orecchiette on top, and serve with more basil.
Cucina con Ruben
Home cookReviewer548K subscribers on YouTube242.9M total channel viewsRuben Bondi - cucina italiana, kosher e giudaico-romana. Diventato noto durante il lockdown cucinando dal balcone a Trastevere.
