Linguine with Breadcrumbs and Kale
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Author Notes: Sometimes you just need an amazingly easy, delicious meal to get you through the week. This is a perfect leftover meal - you can use whatever greens you have lying around and day or two old bread makes the best breadcrumbs. It took me about 30 minutes in total (including making the breadcrumbs!) and really spiced up the regular old pasta and tomato sauce routine. - Hotplate Gourmet - Hotplate Gourmet
Food52 Review: Hotplate Gourmet made her ambitions very clear -- this linguini dish is to be a respectable weeknight dinner, something easy but good. Well, it's more than that -- we think it's terrific. Like an old Italian nonna, Hotplate Gourmet has you use the pasta water to help cook the kale and has you add breadcrumbs to the kale to fortify the pasta. You saute the breadcrumbs in oil, then add garlic and kale, and not too much of either. The garlic gently scents the kale and the greens add substance and sweetness, without making you feeling like you're eating kale for the sake of eating kale! You pull the dish together with some fresh olive oil and grated parmesan and you have a wonderful fall dinner. Next time we make this, we'll set aside the breadcrumbs after they've been toasted and add them back to the pan once the kale has been cooked. Their crunch is so great, you don't want to risk having them get soggy! - A&M - A&M
Serves 2-3
- 1/2 pound linguine
- 2 cloves garlic, minced
- 2 slices, day old bread, cubed
- 1/2 cup olive oil
- 1/2 bunch kale, chopped
- 1/4 cup parmesan cheese
- salt & pepper
- Boil pasta according to the package in salted pot.
- Process bread in a food processor until it’s about the consistency of coarse cornmeal.
- Heat ¼ c. oil in a frying pan and add the breadcrumbs. Once the breadcrumbs are slightly toasted and golden brown, add the garlic and continue to stir until well toasted.
- Add the kale to the frying pan with a little bit of the pasta water and sauté quickly.
- Toss the oil mixture with the drained pasta and add salt & pepper to taste. Add the rest of the oil as needed. Mix in parmesan and serve.
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4 months ago darksideofthespoon
Ate this tonight for meatless monday. We used brown rice pasta, kept the breadcrumbs separate and added a squeeze of lemon. Divine!
6 months ago ppothpan
don't forget to add squeeze of fresh lemon. this is a staple pantry meal for me!
about 1 year ago rhubarb_season
Easy, light and delicious, thanks for the recipe! I did the breadcrumbs separately and decided to add cut up fresh sausage to the dish. I put the garlic in towards the end of the sausage cooking until toasted and tossed it all together.
over 1 year ago Ellie Bails Levine
added dash of hot pepper flakes.
almost 2 years ago tduck
I am too weak to go to the store, so I used seasoned Italian breadcrumbs and a new product at my store baby kale and the results were lovely. My opionated husband found this tasty too (no small task!).
almost 2 years ago eatatvino
Breadcrumbs with pasta... what a great idea :-)
almost 2 years ago hookmountaingrowers
This was pretty disappointing despite the reviews. I definitely added more kale and cooked it for longer than what the recipe called and thought that was a good call but overall it was bland. I would agree with another reviewer to keep the breadcrumbs separately from the kale to retain some crispiness.
about 2 years ago Elipanda
This dish was very good and easy to make. To save time I used panko breadcrumbs and the results were probably just as good. Remove breadcrumbs from skillet before cooking the kale, otherwise your breadbrumbs won't be as crunchy. Could use other greens such as chard or spinach rather than Kale.
over 2 years ago arielleclementine
we had this for dinner last night and it was so wonderful! will definitely become a staple in our house! thanks for the great recipe :)
over 2 years ago melodie1974
I feel bad because I seem to be the only one that didn't quite like this recipe. Maybe I missed something... I love everything in it but together, I found it a bit bland. I'll stick to my kale pasta recipe (pasta, kale, onions, garlic and a lot of feta).
over 2 years ago Lizthechef
I have some kale that needs to be cooked pronto - your recipe will be supper tonight! Looks like a keeper. Somehow I missed it when it first posted. Thanks!
over 2 years ago aussiefoodie
Wow - this dish is delicious. I had some kale in the fridge and was looking for something interesting to do with it. I love the homemade breadcrumbs - makes the dish interesting. I also added some sundried tomatoes and green onions that I had in the fridge. Was perfect mid-week as a warm and delicious dinner. I love that the pasta is very hearty, without being heavy and rich.
over 3 years ago PaulaK
This recipe looks wonderful. I've never thought of using kale in a pasta recipe, but I'm going try it.
over 3 years ago VTCook
I made this for dinner last night with panko and fresh baby kale from the garden. I should have used a lot more kale, but we're kale lovers. I LOVED the toasted breadcrumbs (I set them aside to them crunchy), but would up the garlic next time. Really good as written, but not award worthy for this kale-garlic family.
over 3 years ago Barretta
Made this last night and it was so easy and delicious. The bread crumbs really make it. Thanks, Hotplate Gourmet!
over 3 years ago JenMach
I added anchovies to the garlic and oil, a little lemon zest at the end, and topped each dish with a poached egg. Totally fast (and cheap) way to dress it up for guests.
over 3 years ago SarahS
I've made this two nights in a row.. it's really delicious.
over 3 years ago mariaraynal
My kind of comfort food...
over 3 years ago pierino
pierino is a trusted source on General Cooking and Tough Love.
The bread crumb thing is very southern Italy, call it "mollica" and add it to pastas, especially ones that have bitter ingredients such as rapini or other dark greens.
over 3 years ago Kathryn M.
I used double the garlic, kale, and parmesan, and I used spaghetti instead of linguini. What got my attention about this recipe was using breadcrumbs and it was spot on. This was by far the most delicious pasta dish I've made in months!