Recipe: Perfect Orecchiette Pasta and Pesto Baguette

Orecchiette Pasta and Pesto Baguette. Add the almonds to the top of a food processor. Add the basil, olive oil and half of the salt. Puree until combined and almost smooth.

Blend together, then drizzle in a couple of tablespoons of olive oil while still blending. Cook the pasta in liberally salted water until aldenté. Reserve ½ cup of cooking liquid and return pasta to pan. You can have Orecchiette Pasta and Pesto Baguette using 23 ingredients and 6 steps. Here is how you achieve that.

Ingredients of Orecchiette Pasta and Pesto Baguette

1. It's of Pasta.
2. It's 12 ounces of Orecchiette pasta.
3. It's 2 quart of water to boil pasta.
4. It's 1 tablespoons of salt to boil pasta.
5. Prepare of Sauce.
6. It's 12 ounces of beef meatballs.
7. Prepare 1/4 pound of Italian sausage.
8. You need 28 ounce of Roma canned tomatoes I used San Marzeno.
9. It's 28 ounce of crushed tomatoes.
10. It's 2/3 cup of dried currants.
11. Prepare 2 tablespoons of capers.
12. It's 1/2 stick of butter.
13. It's 1/4 cup of sliced green olive with pimentos.
14. It's 3 tablespoons of harissa.
15. Prepare 1 pound of ground sirloin.
16. Prepare 2 tablespoons of dehydrated onions.
17. Prepare of To taste salt.
18. Prepare 1/4 cup of chopped parsley.
19. You need 1 teaspoon of granulated garlic powder.
20. You need of Pesto baguette.
21. You need 1 loaf of baguette bread.
22. Prepare 11 teaspoon of pesto.
23. Prepare 1 stick of butter.

If needed add some of the starchy cooking liquid to loosen the sauce up. Season to taste with salt and pepper. Garnish with chopped almonds and parmesan cheese. Pour in the pasta and return to a low boil.

Orecchiette Pasta and Pesto Baguette step by step

1. Gather you olive, capers, currants, and harissa. Mix together..
2. Sear the sausage and brown the sirloin. Start the pasta boiling. When seared on all sides slice the sausage. Add sausage, dehydrated onions, and salt to the sirloin. Add the caper mixture..
3. Do in batches. Slice the baguette. Melt half the butter in a skillet. Fry the bread on both sides of bread. Then do the other half of the loaf with the rest of the butter..
4. Take the pesto and smear it on one side of each piece of fried baguette..
5. Add the whole tomatoes to the meat mixture. Then add the crushed tomatoes. Taste and adjust seasonings..
6. Add the pasta reserve the pasta water in case you need to thicken or thin the sauce. Serve I hope you enjoy!!! You can add cheese if you like. I usually do this on the second day to change the flavor a bit so it's like not eating the same thing.a.

Bring a large pot of water to a boil. Cook pasta according to package instructions. In a large saucepan, sauté olive oil with onion, broccoli rabe and pepper flakes. Bring a large pot of salted water to a boil. To make the basil pesto, put the basil, pine nuts and garlic into a food processor and process until finely chopped.