Kale, it's pici

During the holidays, I didn't want to cook something heavy for my guests, but still I wanted to satisfy their tastebuds, that's why I decided to make this simple sauce. While on the one hand it enhances homemade pasta like pici ( for those of you who don't know what they are, it's a fresh handmade pasta like spaghetti but made of flour and water only), on the other hand it adds value to local resources, like the  omnipresent Lacinato kale. A very Tuscan dish!

Ingredients :
1/2 kg pici
300g Lacinato kale
1 shallot
stale bread (q.s.)
pecorino cheese
oil
salt

Chop the shallot finely and toss it in a pan with some oil. Meanwhile, boil Lacinato kale in hot boiling water for about 5-6 minutes. Then chop it and toss it in the pan, adding some boiled water if needed. Add some salt and leave it to simmer for 10-15 minutes. In the meantime, fry some stale bread, diced into cubes, in a pan until crunchy. Cook pici in hot boiling water, previously used to boil the kale, adding some salt. Drain them after 4-5 minutes and toss them in the pan. Finally, add the croutons and some pecorino.