"Little Ears" Pasta with Sausage, Baby Broccoli, and Pesto

Name: "Little Ears" Pasta with Sausage, Baby Broccoli, and Pesto
Cook time: 25 min
Total time: 25 min
Cuisine: European, Italian, Mediterranean
Ingredients: 6 ounce Baby Broccoli; 9 ounce Sweet Italian Pork Sausage; 6 ounce Orecchiette Pasta; 1 teaspoon Chili Flakes; 2 ounce Pesto; ¼ cup Parmesan Cheese; 2 teaspoon Olive Oil; Salt; Pepper

Instructions

Cook:25min

The backbone of this quick and easy dinner is orecchiette—a round-shaped pasta named for the “little ears” they resemble. It’s traditionally associated with Apulia, the southern Italian region from which we drew our inspiration for this recipe. The pasta is tossed with bites of broccoli and sweet sausage, then given a nice coating of basil-packing pesto and Parmesan cheese.

Updated at: Thu, 01 Jan 2026 00:48:36 GMT