Orecchiette recipe with Mediterranean pesto and chicory – Italian Cuisine

Orecchiette recipe with Mediterranean pesto and chicory


  • a bunch of chicory
  • 320 g fresh orecchiette
  • 100 g extra virgin olive oil
  • 50 g pitted taggiasche olives
  • 50 g salted capers
  • 50 g dried tomatoes in oil
  • a lemon
  • an orange
  • coarse salt

For the recipe of the orecchiette with Mediterranean pesto and chicory, Cut the peel with 15 g of orange peel and 15 g of the lemon, mince them, scald them for a few seconds
and drain. Repeat this operation 2 more times so that the peel loses its bitter taste. For convenience, you can already prepare 3 saucepans on the stove with boiling water. Chop the capers, olives and tomatoes, mix everything in a bowl with
the peeled rinds, 20 g of lemon juice, 20 g of orange juice
and the oil, until obtaining a fragrant sauce of the consistency of pesto. Separate the puntarelle from the head, wash them, cut them at the base, cut them into strips and store them in a bowl of water and ice to make them crisp and curl. Cook the orecchiette in boiling salted water, drain, season with the prepared pesto and complete with the well-drained puntarelle.

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