Wide noodles prepared with cabbage, potatoes and sage make up the classic Genoa comfort food called Pizzocheri. Have a pillow handy. After this supper, you'll need a nap.
Ingredients
- Salt
- 2 Idaho potatoes, peeled and cut into 1/2-inch dice
- 1 pound fettucini or papardelle pasta
- 1 small head Savoy cabbage, quartered, cored and thinly shredded
- 1 stick butter, cut into pieces
- 3 to 4 cloves garlic, cracked from skin and halved
- 16 sage leaves, 6 left whole, 10 thinly sliced
- 1 teaspoon coarse black pepper
- 1 1/2 to 2 cups grated Romano
Directions
Bring a large pot of water to a boil and salt it. Add potatoes and cook 7 minutes. Add the pasta and cook 2 minutes, then stir in cabbage and cook 5 minutes longer.
While the potatoes and pasta cook, melt butter in a large, deep skillet over medium heat and add garlic and 6 whole sage leaves. Cook 3 to 4 minutes; remove the garlic and whole leaves (reserve the leaves for ganish), then add sliced leaves and the black pepper. Just before draining the pasta and cabbage, add 2 ladles of starchy cooking water to the skillet.
Drain the potatoes, pasta and cabbage and add to butter and sage. Toss to combine with sage butter, adding in lots of cheese as you work. Toss 1 to 2 minutes to form a cheesy butter coating on the pasta and cabbage then adjust salt and serve. Use reserved whole leaves to garnish the pasta.
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By rachelc579_5918713
sterling, VI
on December 14, 2011
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Yum yum. I made this for the first time tonight and it was fabulous. I added bacon, because I love bacon and cabbage together. This is definitely a keeper! The potatoes and the cheese meld together to create this soft starchy sauce for the pasta and cabbage. So good...
By bengelman
Hedgesville, WV
on March 09, 2011
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I have made this dish many times and my family loves it....they get excited when I tell them its on the line up for the week.......so easy to make...easy clean up...great the way it is written, but can add so many other things to make it your own. Love, love, love it....
By Pooper Scooper
on November 27, 2010
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This was awesome! Best meal I've ever had with cabbage.
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