Casarecce with Sausage, Pickled Cherries and Pistachios
This creamy pasta from star chef Tom Colicchio comes together in just minutes, though you’ll have to make the pickled cherries the night before. Slideshow: More Recipes With Cherries
This creamy pasta from star chef Tom Colicchio comes together in just minutes, though you’ll have to make the pickled cherries the night before. Slideshow: More Recipes With Cherries
I thought this was outstanding. Really a rich combination of flavors. I didn't have Aleppo pepper so I substituted 3/4 tsp smoked paprika and 1/4 tsp cayenne pepper on the advice of the Internet. For the cherries, I found that to make the 3/4 cup called for here, I needed about half of what the pickled cherries recipe (elsewhere on the site) calls for (i.e. I needed to pickle about a 1/2 pound of cherries to get the 3/4 cup). I thought the particular type of pasta really added to the dish, so I wouldn't substitute it if you don't have to-- or at least try to pick something similar if you can.
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