Christmas Pasta Recipe - Cooking Index
Christmas Pasta Recipe - Cooking Index
The sauce will cover up to 2 pounds of pasta. If you are making this full menu, prepare the fudge and chill while your sauce simmers and before you prepare your salad. When you are done eating your 30 Minute meal, the fudge will have chilled for 45 minutes and will then be firm enough to slice. Happy Holidays and Merry Eating!
Type: Pasta| 2 tablespoons | 30ml | Extra-virgin olive oil |
| 4 | Garlic - crushed | |
| 1 | Fresh or dried bay leaf | |
| 1/4 lb | 113g / 4oz | Thick-cut pancetta - chopped small bits |
| = (Italian cured pork from deli counter) | ||
| 1/2 lb | 227g / 8oz | Bulk hot Italian sausage |
| 1 lb | 454g / 16oz | Combined ground beef, pork and veal |
| 1 lb | 454g / 16oz | Carrot - peeled, and (medium) |
| Finely chopped | ||
| 1 | Celery rib - chopped | |
| 1 | Onion - chopped (medium) | |
| 1 cup | 237ml | Good quality dry red wine |
| 1 cup | 237ml | Prepared beef stock |
| = (paper container or canned) | ||
| 2 | Chunky style crushed tomatoes - - (32 oz ea) | |
| A handful flat-leaf parsley leaves - chopped | ||
| 1/4 teaspoon | 1.3ml | Allspice or cinnamon |
| Coarse salt - to taste | ||
| Freshly-ground black pepper - to taste | ||
| 2 lbs | 908g / 32oz | Penne rigate - cooked to al dente |
| Grated Pecorino Romano - as an accompaniment | ||
| Fresh crusty bread - for mopping | ||
| Serving Suggestions | ||
| Caprese Salad - (see recipe) | ||
| Five-Minute Fudge Wreath - (see recipe) |
Heat a deep pot over medium-high heat. Add oil, garlic, bay, and pancetta bits and brown for 1 minute. Add meats and brown and crumble them for 5 minutes.
Chop carrot, celery, and onions near the stove and add to the pot as you work. Cook vegetables with meat 5 minutes and add wine. Cook for 1 minute; add stock and tomatoes to the pot.
Stir in parsley, allspice, or cinnamon and season sauce with salt and pepper, to taste. Bring sauce to a boil, reduce heat to medium low, and cook 10 to 15 minutes minimum before serving. Reheated sauce only improves.
Toss pasta (cook off only as much pasta as you need at the time: half a pound for every 3 people) with a couple of ladles of sauce to coat, then top bowl with extra sauce. Top pasta with lots of cheese and pass bread at the table.
This recipe yields 4 large servings.
Source:
30 MINUTE MEALS with Rachael Ray - (Show # TM-1A35) - from the TV FOOD NETWORK
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