Broccoli Rabe & Sausage Sandwich

Broccoli Rabe = East Coast for “Lettuce”

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Servings: 2

Ingredients:

• 1 bunch broccoli rabe (rapini)

• 3-4 cased sausage (combo of hot & sweet Italian sausage)

• 1 baguette or Italian loaf

• Olive oil

• 4-5 garlic cloves; minced

• Salt & pepper to taste

• 1/2 lemon

• Crushed red pepper to taste

In a medium pot, bring water to a boil. Once water is boiling, salt vigorously. Add broccoli rabe to boiling water. Bring heat down to about medium, and cook B.R. for 2-3 minutes. You will continue to cook them in a skillet, so we just want to get them tender.

Coat a large skillet with olive oil and set heat to medium. Add garlic and cook until light golden brown. Using a spider or slotted spoon, add B.R. to skillet and cook for another 2 minutes. Stalks should be bite tender. Squeeze the juice of half a lemon over the broccoli rabe.

In a separate skillet/frying pan, add a small amount of olive oil (just a quarter size will do) and coat pan. Bring heat to medium. Add your cased sausage links whole (do not uncase them) and cook on every side until browned, about 2-3 minutes on each side. When the casing is browned, that side will be done.

Once your sausages are cooked, remove to a cutting board and slice your links length wise in half.

Remove your broccoli rabe to a cutting board and chop the greens into small, bite sized pieces. As the stalks and leaves are hearty, you want to be sure everything is bite sized in the sandwich.

Cut your bread in half length wise. Layer the bread first with your sliced sausage and then pile chopped broccoli rabe on top of that. Drizzle extra oil from your vegetable and sausage cooking pans on top of your broccoli and top half of bread if desired. Add your sandwich top.

Slice in half and serve!!!

Notes:

Make sure you get yourself a nice loaf of Italian bread/French baguette from a bakery. Our favorite is semolina bread, which may or may not be available depending on your location in the world!