3 orecchiete Recipes

salt, dried orecchiette pasta or other small pasta such as farfalle or, extra-virgin olive oil, italian style bread crumbs, sea salt, black pepper freshly ground, prosciuto finely chopped, parmesan cheese freshely grated, flat leaf parsley finely chopped

japanese eggplants , halved lengthwise (1 1/2 lb total), extra-virgin olive oil, plus more for brushing, kosher salt, red wine vinegar, garlic cloves, very thinly shaved (preferably on a microplane slicer), marjoram , sprigs plus 1 tbsp leaves, crushed red pepper flakes, orecchiette, freshly grated pecorino cheese, chopped flat leaf parsley, burrata cheese, halved , creamy filling scooped out (reserve the firmer exterior for another use), coarsely grated lemon , zest of, oil-packed red chilies, seeded and cut into thin strips