• Skip to primary navigation
  • Skip to main content
  • Skip to primary sidebar
  • Skip to footer
Playful Cooking
  • About
    • Know Me
    • Contact
    • My Cookbook
    • Mention
  • Recipes
  • Tutorials
    • How To Style Curries
    • Play with Light
    • ISO, Aperture and Shutter Speed
    • Live Zoom on Food Styling
  • Hire Me
  • Portfolio
    • Facebook
    • Instagram
    • Pinterest
    • YouTube
menu icon
go to homepage
search icon
Homepage link
  • Recipes
  • Know Me
  • My Cookbook
  • Portfolio
  • Hire Me
  • Contact
    • Facebook
    • Instagram
    • Pinterest
    • YouTube
  • ×

    Home » Recipes » Pasta and Noodle

    Orecchiette With Sausage, Broccoli And French Goat Cheese

    September 5, 2017 by Kankana Saxena

    Jump to Recipe Print Recipe

    Broccoli can create a pesto like effect without the extra work of making a pesto. You add the goat cheese to the sauce and it gets creamy. You add sausage for that crunchy bite in between and fresh sage leaves for that earthy flavor. This Orecchiette With Sausage, Broccoli And Goat Cheese will be your go to weeknight meal. It’s flavor bang, with a good balance of meat, veggie, carb and dairy. The best part is that this meal gets ready in just 10 minutes.

    Orecchiette With Sausage, Broccoli And Goat Cheese | Playful Cooking Orecchiette With Sausage, Broccoli And Goat Cheese | Playful Cooking

    We eat pasta quite often. Most of the time, it’s light with some lemon and fresh herbs. This particular Orecchiette pasta dish has bold flavors from the goat cheese. The mild tangy taste from the cheese with fresh sage balances quite pleasantly. The flavor of goat cheese can be sensitive to certain taste buds. So, if you are trying goat cheese for the first time, I would suggest try a good brand. And start with a variety that doesn’t have overpowering flavor.

    Orecchiette With Sausage, Broccoli And Goat Cheese | Playful Cooking Orecchiette With Sausage, Broccoli And Goat Cheese | Playful Cooking

    There are wide varieties of goat cheese available. I used Chabichou Du Poitou for this dish. This cheese is smooth to the palate with a mild acidic salty taste. The wrinkly edible rind is just so beautiful. As you cut the log, you see two more layers with the core being shiny white. It’s amazing to see three different textures in one log of goat cheese, all naturally formed as the cheese matured with time. I used all the three layers in making the sauce for the pasta and the shape of orecchiette pasta is just perfect to hold the sauce together.

    Orecchiette With Sausage, Broccoli And Goat Cheese | Playful Cooking Orecchiette With Sausage, Broccoli And Goat Cheese | Playful Cooking

    I created this dish in collaboration with The Original Chèvre, goat cheese of France. France is the number 1 producer of pure goat cheese in the world with 110,000 tons (over 242 million pounds) produced in 2011. In French, Chèvre means goat and farmers have been using fresh goat’s milk to make cheese referred to as chèvre for centuries. With over 3,000 goat cheese produces and 60 dairy companies in France, The Original Chèvre is well known for its variety.

    Orecchiette With Sausage, Broccoli And Goat Cheese | Playful Cooking

    Orecchiette With Sausage, Broccoli And Goat Cheese

    Kankana Saxena
    Print Recipe Pin Recipe
    Prep Time 5 minutes mins
    Cook Time 10 minutes mins
    Total Time 15 minutes mins

    Ingredients
     

    • 5.45 oz./ 156 gm broccoli florets
    • 1 lb. /454 gm pasta
    • 1 tablespoon salt
    • 2 tablespoons butter
    • 10 sage leaves
    • 1 tablespoon grated garlic
    • 3 318 gm./11.25 oz. turkey sausage
    • 5.35 oz./151 gm. Chabichou Du Poitou French goat cheese
    • ¼ cup walnut
    • grated parmesan cheese while serving

    Instructions
     

    • Peel the skin off the turkey sausage and take out the meat. Take 1 tablespoon of the meat and shape it into a rough ball. Repeat it with rest of the meat and then, keep them aside to be used later.
    • Place a small pan on medium high heat and toast the walnut for few seconds. Once done, take it off the pan to a chopping board and roughly chop it. Keep aside once done.
    • Place a big pot of water on medium high heat. Once the water comes to a boil, drop the pasta and the broccoli florets. Cook for 8 minutes and keep a big colander ready on the sink to drain the pasta when done.
    • Simultaneously, place a wide 9-inch pan on medium high heat and layer a plate with kitchen towel. Once the pan heats up, drop the butter. Once the butter is melted, add the sage leaves and cook for a minute. Take off the leaves and place it on the kitchen towel.
    • To the same pan, add the grated garlic and stir for a few seconds. Put the turkey sausage dumplings that were kept aside earlier. Stir and cook for 5 minutes, stirring every now and then. Add the goat cheese, give it a stir and give it a minute for it to melt.
    • Save ¼ cup of pasta water and drain the pasta along with broccoli using the colander and tumble the whole thing into the pan. Give it a stir, pour the reserved pasta water and give it a mix once again. Check for salt and add any, if required.
    • Shave some parmesan cheese on top, layer the crispy sage leaves and scatter the toasted walnut. It’s ready to serve.

    Nutrition

    Serving: 1Servings

    Orecchiette With Sausage, Broccoli And Goat Cheese | Playful Cooking

    More Pasta and Noodle

    • Soba Noodles with mango and Cucumber
      Soba Noodles with Mango and Cucumber
    • Roasted Tomato and garlic spaghetti
      Roasted Tomato and Garlic Spaghetti
    • Alfredo Pasta with roasted carrots
      Alfredo Pasta with Roasted Carrots
    • Spaghetti al Pomodoro Crudo

    Reader Interactions

    Comments

    1. rajacateringservices

      October 03, 2017 at 11:03 pm

      hi,,thanks for sharing the blog!

    2. Roy

      September 09, 2017 at 3:53 pm

      Hello Kankana,

      What a nice recipe. From the time I have entered my second innings entering the kitchen shoot write has become more of a luxury passion rather than a leisure activity. I feel the need for health but the east indian in me always looks for that flavour kick. This recipe does the trick....I am a complete goat cheese fan and feta as well. Brie is just recently made an entry but Goat has such mature taste....Yum!!

    3. Meg | Meg is Well

      September 07, 2017 at 2:25 pm

      I LOVE using goat cheese with pasta, it creates a tangy alfredo sauce all on its own! All the savory flavors in this dish are making me hungry.

    4. Kelsie

      September 06, 2017 at 9:16 pm

      I'm drooling over this dish. Pasta is one of my favorites and I've been craving it so badly lately--I'll have to try this soon!

    5. heather (dng)

      September 06, 2017 at 8:11 pm

      ahhh yes love how creamy goat cheese makes things! and the sausage and broccoli don't hurt (;

    6. shobelyn

      September 06, 2017 at 2:54 pm

      My kids will love this, and it is quick to make too..Will try to make this during school days.

    7. Elizabeth

      September 06, 2017 at 1:01 pm

      Thanks for sharing this wonderful recipe! I can't wait to prepare it, and was wondering if you used Turkey Italian Sausage?

    8. Laura | Tutti Dolci

      September 06, 2017 at 11:30 am

      So delicious! I love these flavors and a 10 minute meal is perfect for busy week nights! 🙂

    9. angiesrecipes

      September 06, 2017 at 12:23 am

      Simple yet divine! Love dishes with simple everyday ingredients!

    10. Rosa

      September 05, 2017 at 11:16 pm

      Such a scrumptious combination! Definitely my kind of pasta dish.

      Cheers,

      Rosa

    11. Krista Bjorn

      September 05, 2017 at 10:19 pm

      This looks utterly scrumptious. Pure comfort food on a cold night. 🙂

    Primary Sidebar

    About

    Hey there! I am Kankana and this is my culinary space where I unfold memories, share stories and try new flavours. Easy effortless cooking with fresh ingredients is my mantra and I like to carry that in my everyday meal.

    Learn more about me →

    Seasonal

    • Congee With Miso Sauce
    • Apple Almond Cake | Playful Cooking #apple #cake #foodphotography #applecake #playfulcooking
      One Bowl Apple Almond Cake
    • Creamy Garlic Mushroom Soup
    • How To Make Makhani Sauce

    Cookbook

    cookbook front cover
    Taste of Eastern India has an array of vegetarian and non-vegetarian dishes, street foods, snacks, drinks, comfort hearty food, desserts and some long-lost dishes.
    Learn More and Order

    Subscribe

    Kitchen tips and tricks
    Receive exclusive articles and eBooks on Kitchen Tips and Tricks, Photography Tutorial, Meal Prep Ideas and Simple Recipes for Busy Lifestyle. Plus Weekly Fresh Seasonal Recipes.


    Footer

    • Facebook
    • Instagram
    • Pinterest
    • YouTube

    Footer

    ↑ back to top

    About

    • Privacy Policy

    Contact

    • Contact
    • Portfolio

    Copyright © 2011-2023 Playful Cooking. All content on this blog is copyrighted. It may not be republished in part or whole without permission and proper credit. Please contact me to seek republishing or syndication rights.