Cavatelli Sausage With Broccoli

Cavatelli Sausage With Broccoli Ingridients:

1/2 lb. or 2 cups dried Cavatelli  or other small shell−shaped Italian pasta 1/2 lb. or 3 links sweet Italian Sausage 2 cloves garlic, minced 1 bunch broccoli 1 1/4 cup low−salt chicken  broth 1/4 cup raisins

1tbls.unsalted butter Parmesan cheese Method:

Squeeze sausage from casings  and saute in a heavy skillet or cast  iron frying pan. Stir until no longer  pink and sausage has broken down into small chunks. Remove sausage with slotted spoon leaving juices in pan.

Cut broccoli into 1 inch pieces  and saute in juices or drippings from  the sausage. Stir gently til it begins  to brown. Add garlic and saute 1 minute more.  Add broth and raisins  and simmer until the broccoli is tender,  about 3 minutes. Do not over cook.  Finally, add butter and stir to melt. Add,  with sausage, to cooked pasta  and serve with parmesan cheese.