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Nutrition: Per serving

  • kcal480
    low
  • fat17g
  • saturates4g
  • carbs59g
  • sugars5g
  • fibre9g
  • protein19g
  • salt0.3g
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Method

  • step 1

    Cook the orecchiette following pack instructions, then drain, reserving a mugful of the water. Finely chop the cavolo nero stems and leaves, keeping them separate. Heat the olive oil in a wide frying pan and cook the stems, garlic, chilli and shallot over a low heat for 5 mins until softened, then stir in the cavolo nero leaves. Fry until just wilted, then tip in the pasta and toss to combine.

  • step 2

    Stir in the lemon zest and juice, and the ricotta along with a splash of the reserved pasta water to loosen, and season. Sprinkle the almonds over the top to serve.

Recipe from Good Food magazine, December 2022

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rachel06922

Unfortunately I found the lemon overpowering. I would use about a quarter of the amount next time! And maybe cream cheese or cream and parmesan instead of ricotta.

tinabillinge

I found 200g of cavalo nero to be a bit too much. I searched for an orecchiette recipe because I had a packet I wanted to use. I had cavalo nero from my organic veg box and half an onion that needed using, which I substituted for the shallot. I also substituted M&S organic full fat cream cheese…

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question

Anyone tried this with kale rather than cavolo?

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goodfoodteam

Hi, thanks for your question. It would work really well with kale. We hope this helps. Best wishes, BBC Good Food Team.

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