Orecchiette with Sausage and Rapini

Orecchiette with Sausage and Rapini
Serves 4-6

1 box orecchiette
1 large bunch rapini/broccoli rabe, bottom 1/4inch cut off
1 lbs sweet sausage, out of casings
1 small onion, fine dice
4 cloves garlic, minced
1 mild chile, minced
28oz crushed tomatoes=

Brown sausage in a pan, breaking up as much as possible. Add onion/garlic/chile and cook over lower heat until softened.
Add tomatoes and simmer for as long as you can...at least 15 minutes as pasta/rapini cook.

Bring pasta water to a boil. Cook the whole rapini for about 1 minute, until brightened, and reserve. Use water to cook the pasta.

Cut the rapini into 1 inch segments. Mix everything in a pot and serve with parmesan.