The versatile broccoli

 The trick is to keep things simple. Here is a simple and delicious pasta dish of broccoli and Italian sausage.

Boil a pot of pasta water and add salt and broccoli florets.

Coat the bottom of a large skillet with good EVO and lightly sauté a shallot cut very fine. Once they get golden add the sausage that has been removed from the casing. Stir it in and break it up with a spoon. Now add half a glass of  good dry wine. You ma want to add some fresh peperoncino or black pepper. Once the alcohol has evaporated ladle in the broccoli; the water is for the pasta that you now add. Use a ladle or two of the pasta water to keep the sauce moist. This will help create the cremina that is so important. Add some finely chopped Italian parsley. Two minutes before the cooking time indicated on the pasta box, transfer it into the skillet. Reserve two cups of pasta water. Stir well and aerate. Add some pasta water. When pasta is al dente, shut off the heat waist about 30 seconds and add some parmigiano.. Stir well and serve. Decorate the dish with more parsley and add some raw EVO. As you can see, I added some fresh red peperoncino for taste and color.

Buon appetito