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Tagliatelle Al Ragu

Courses: Main Course
Serves: 4 people

Recipe Ingredients

  Tagliatelle
1 3/4 cups 109g / 3.8ozCake flour - (to 2)
1 3/4 cups 109g / 3.8ozAll-purpose flour - (to 2)
4   Eggs
  Ragu
1/2 cup 118mlOlive oil
1/2 cup 99g / 3.5ozButter
1 cup 62g / 2.2ozSmall-chopped onions
1/2 cup 55g / 1.9ozSmall-chopped celery
1/4 cup 27g / 1ozSmall-chopped carrots
1/4 lb 113g / 4ozPancetta - ground
  = (you can ask your butcher to do this)
1 lb 454g / 16ozGround veal
1/2 lb 227g / 8ozGround beef
1 lb 454g / 16ozGround pork
2 cups 474mlWhole milk
1 cup 237mlWhite wine
1/2 cup 118mlTomato paste
  Topping
  Parmigiano-Reggiano

Recipe Instructions

Tagliatelle: Mound 3 1/2 cups of the flour in the center of a large wooden cutting board. Make a well in the middle of the flour and add the eggs and the olive oil. Using a fork, beat together the eggs and oil and begin to incorporate the flour, starting with the inner rim of the well.

As you expand the well, keep pushing the flour up from the base of the mound to retain the well shape. The dough will come together when half of the flour is incorporated.

Start kneading the dough with both hands, using the palms of your hands. Once you have a cohesive mass, remove the dough from the board and scrape up and discard any leftover bits. Lightly reflour the board and continue kneading for 6 more minutes. The dough should be elastic and a little sticky. Wrap the dough in plastic and allow to rest for 30 minutes at room temperature. Roll or shape as desired.

Ragu: In a large Dutch oven or saucepan, add olive oil and butter and heat. Add onions, celery and carrots and cook until very soft and beginning to caramelize. Mix together all of the meats. Add the meats to the pan and begin to brown.

When the meat begins changing color and releasing its own liquids, add the milk. Cook until the milk is almost totally evaporated -- it should just be moist around the edges of the meat, about 15 minutes.

Add the wine. Add the tomato paste and stir well. Bring to a simmer. Reduce heat to low and cook for 2 hours.

Roll out pasta dough to the thinnest setting on a pasta machine. Cut into strips that are 4-inches wide and 8 inches long. Starting with the 4-inch side, loosely roll the pasta into a tube that is about 4-inches long and 2 1/2-inches wide. Cut the open side into 1/4-inch wide strips. Unroll the pasta and place in small bundles.

Bring 6 quarts of water to a boil. Add salt to the water and return to a boil. Add the tagliatelle and cook for 5 minutes. Drain the tagliatelle and add to the bolognese sauce. Thin with a little pasta water, if necessary. Toss for 1 minute.

Immediately serve in warm pasta bowls. Top with freshly grated Parmigiano-Reggiano.

This recipe yields 4 servings.

Source:
MARIO EATS ITALY with Mario Batali - (Show # IT-1A07) - from the TV FOOD NETWORK

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