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Ingredients
- 2 whole Onions
- 1/4 cups Olive Oil, Or More As Needed, Plus 2 Tablespoons For Cooking Breadcrumbs
- 1 clove Garlic, Chopped
- Salt For Pasta Water
- 1 pound Orecchiette Pasta Or Your Favorite Shape
- 1 bunch Broccoli
- 1/2 cups Breadcrumbs
- 1/2 cups Reserved Pasta Cooking Water
Method
- Cut the onions in half then slice the half moons into strips.
- In a large pan, add 1/4 cup oil and add all onion slices to the pan (add onions into cold oil) stir until they are coated.
- Cook on medium to medium low heat.
- Slowly saute and caramelize them until they are a nice golden brown.
- (You will need enough oil to seem like the onions are swimming when they start to shrink.
- You might need to add a few tablespoons as you are cooking them.
- It might seem like a lot of oil, but fret not, part of the oil will make the sauce.)
- When the onions are nicely caramelized, add the chopped garlic and turn off the heat and let the garlic steep in the onions and oil.
- Place a large pot of water on to boil.
- Be sure you cook your pasta in enough water, it will keep it from sticking together.
- While the water is coming to a boil, start cleaning the broccoli and chop into medium florets and stems.
- Salt the water once it starts boiling.
- Place the pasta in the water and boil for about half of the cooking time thats recommended on the package.
- Then add the broccoli florets and stems and finish cooking the pasta until your preferred doneness.
- While pasta and broccoli are cooking, in a small pan, add the remaining 2 tablespoons of oil and pour the breadcrumbs in.
- Mix until the breadcrumbs are coated in oil and resemble wet sand.
- Heat on medium-low heat and brown the crumbs.
- Be careful, as once they start to get brown they go from brown to burnt quickly.
- When its done, drain the cooked pasta and broccoli while reserving some of the pasta water in a small cup.
- Back into the pasta pot, layer the pasta/broccoli with onions and sprinkle the toasted breadcrumbs on top, doing so in layers.
- While adding the onions, spoon a bit of the cooking oil around the pasta.
- Then sprinkle some of the pasta water throughout the layers as needed to keep the pasta moist.
- (It will mix with the oil and keep it from getting greasy.)
- Keep layering pasta, onions and breadcrumbs and end with the caramelized onions and breadcrumbs.
- Serve warm with great French bread and you have yourself some wonderful comfort food.
