I dropped my phone in boiling water while making this Ina Garten pasta. The dish was worth the drama.

• I made Ina Garten’s orecchiette pasta with sausage and broccoli rabe.
• The delicious dish was easy to make and tasted even better as leftovers.
• Even though I almost lost my phone to a pot of boiling water, the pasta was worth the drama.

Testing recipes has come with few perils in my five years as a food writer.

There was the time I got a wooden spoon stuck in my parents’ blender while trying to make Reese Witherspoon’s daily smoothie. I also accidentally painted my floor bright pink while attempting the Barefoot Contessa’s signature cosmopolitans. But other than that, it’s been smooth sailing.

So, I wasn’t anticipating any problems when I recently made Ina Garten’s orecchiette with sausage and broccoli rabe, which she calls “a whole dinner in one pot.” Not on the list of ingredients? My phone, which fell into a boiling pot of pasta water as I tried to snap a pic.

Miraculously, the phone survived. Even better? The dish was delicious.

Here’s how to make it.