You all know I'm a scavenger.
The other day in the test kitchen, there were a lot of dishes that required radishes...
So I saved all of the greens! I'd never cooked with radish greens but, hey, I love greens and I love radishes... So why not?
I sautéed about 3/4 pound of hot Italian sausage in a bit of EVOO with lots of chopped garlic. Yes, I know... every recipe I write includes tons of garlic. We love it, and it's winter, and everybody has a cold, and garlic seems to keep me healthy.
I added the cleaned and chopped greens... Some red and black pepper... And, at the last minute, a small shot of cream. Then I added the almost finished pasta (rigatoni this time) and a bit of pasta water, and allowed the pasta to finish cooking.
Off the heat, I added a handful of Parmigiano and, by the way, the greens and sausage are really so flavorful you can cut back on the Parmigiano a bit.
Serve in heated bowls.
Trust me: the radish greens add a real depth to this.
Comfort squared!!!
