Chef Orazio shares his simple recipe for an irresistible creamy pasta with six ingredients

A chef has shared his incredibly simple recipe for an irresistible creamy pasta, and you only need six ingredients to recreate it at home.

Orazio D’Elia, of Da Orazio Pizza + Porchetta restaurant fame in Sydney, has garnered a huge following on Instagram for sharing simple recipes and handy tips and tricks.

One of Orazio’s most recent recipes was for Orecchiette Pugliesi, which is made using cheese that is derived from goat’s milk, potatoes, lemon, extra virgin olive oil, onions and orecchiette pasta.

Orazio said he was given a ‘few things from Puglia’ when he visited and so he ‘came up with this simple and delicious dish’.

‘This is the traditional (cucina Italiana) at its best. Buon appetito,’ Orazio said.

To make the orechiette at home, you’ll need the orecchiette pasta, goat cacioricotta (which is a type of cheese derived from goat’s milk), potatoes, lemon, onions and extra virgin olive oil.  

Start by sautéing the onion in the extra virgin olive oil and then add the potatoes to the mix, stir them through and add two litres of water.

Orazio D’Elia (pictured), of Da Orazio Pizza + Porchetta restaurant fame in Sydney, has garnered a huge following on Instagram for sharing simple recipes and handy tips and tricks

How to make Orazio’s six-ingredient pasta 

INGREDIENTS

The six ingredients include cheese that is derived from goat’s milk, potatoes, lemon, olive oil, onions and orecchiette pasta (dish pictured)

* Cheese that is derived from goat’s milk

* Potatoes

* Lemon

* Extra virgin olive oil

* Onions 

* Orecchiette pasta

METHOD

1. Start by sauteeing the onion in the extra virgin olive oil.

2. Then add the potatoes to the mix, stir them through and add two litres of water.

3. Add salt, bring it to the boil and cook for 30 minutes.

4. Grate about 130 grams of the cheese and lemon into a bowl and set aside.

5. Add the Orecchiette to the potato mix and cook for about 15 minutes, then add the lemon and cheese and give it a ‘good stir’.

6. Add some more olive oil and stir, rest it for 6-8 minutes before serving.

Source: Orazio

Orazio said he was given a ‘few things from Puglia’ when he visited and so he ‘came up with this simple and delicious dish’ (the ingredients pictured)

Add the salt, bring it to the boil and cook for 30 minutes.

Then, grate about 130 grams of the cheese and the lemon into a bowl and set aside.  

Add the orecchiette to the potato mix and cook for about 15 minutes, then add the lemon and the cheese and give it a good stir. 

Finally, Orazio said you should add some more olive oil and stir, rest it for 6-8 minutes before serving.

You have to grate the lemon and the cheese and add it to the potato, pasta mix before cooking it altogether with onions and olive oil (process pictured)

The dish should be left to rest for 6-8 minutes in order to let the dish absorb all of its flavours; cover it over to do this (pictured)

Those who saw the recipe were quick to comment on how delicious the recipe looked.

‘Comfort food at its finest,’ one person wrote.

‘So good!’ another added.