# Date Night Pasta

A delicious and easy pasta dish with Italian sausage and broccoli rabe, perfect for a date night.

- Cuisine: Italian
- Category: Dinner
- Language: en

## Ingredients

- 1 pound Italian sausage
- 2 tablespoons olive oil
- 8 garlic cloves, thin sliced
- 1 bunch broccoli rabe
- 0.5 pound your favorite pasta
- 0.25 cup chopped parsley
- red pepper flake
- pinch kosher salt
- 1 lemon
- 0.25 cup pasta water
- Parmesan cheese

## Instructions

1. Start with 1 pound of your favorite Italian sausage; if it does not come in bulk, remove it from the casing.
2. Rough chop one bunch of broccoli rabe, discarding the woody stems.
3. In a pan over medium heat, brown your sausage, breaking it up while still raw.
4. Once the sausage is fully cooked, empty the pan.
5. Add a couple tablespoons of olive oil and 8 to 10 thinly sliced garlic cloves to the pan.
6. Cook garlic cloves for 30 to 60 seconds until golden around the edges, adjusting cooking time for desired flavor.
7. Add the broccoli rabe, a light pinch of kosher salt, and a pinch of red pepper flake to the pan.
8. Wilt the broccoli rabe for a minute or two.
9. Add the juice from one lemon and the cooked sausage back into the pan.
10. Cook about a half a pound of your favorite pasta until it's about a minute undercooked.
11. Using a slotted spoon, pull the pasta out of the pasta water and straight into your pan with the other ingredients.
12. Add about a quarter to a half a cup of pasta water to the pan.
13. Finish cooking the pasta in the pan, allowing it to suck up all the flavorful liquid.
14. Find the parmesan for serving.

## Equipment

- pan
- slotted spoon

## Tips

- Break up sausage while it's raw for easier browning.
- Adjust garlic cooking time for desired flavor (roasted vs. sharp raw).
- Finish pasta in the pan with the sauce and pasta water to absorb flavors.

## Source

- Original video: https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZThNQd2jL/
- Recipe page: https://www.cliprecipe.com/recipe/a288022f-ce6f-47a4-b6d9-6a15e8b7174a
- Extracted: 2026-01-09

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