I thought I invented this recipe, and come to find out...Rachael Ray did it too...
But this is really good & quick
1 pound curly short cut pasta (recommended: campanelle by Barilla, fusilli or cavatappi
Coarse salt
2 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil, 2 turns of the pan
1 pound ground sirloin
4 cloves garlic, chopped
1 medium onion, finely chopped
1/2 teaspoon crushed red pepper flakes,
1/2 cup dry red wine
1/2 cup beef stock
1 (28-ounce) can crushed tomatoes
1 1/2 cups part-skim ricotta cheese
1 cup fresh basil, about 20 leaves
1/2 cup grated Parmigiano-Reggiano
Heat a large pot of water to boil for pasta. Salt water and cook pasta to al dente. Heads up: you will need a ladle of the starchy cooking water to help form sauce before draining.
Heat a deep nonstick skillet over medium-high heat. Add extra-virgin olive oil. Add the meat and break it up into small bits as it caramelizes. Once meat has good color to it, 4 to 5 minutes, add garlic, onions and red pepper flakes and season with salt, pepper. Cook another 5 minutes, deglaze the meat and onions with red wine, cook off a minute, then combine about 1/2 cup of stock into the meat. Stir in the tomatoes and bring to a bubble. Reduce heat to medium low and simmer 5 minutes.
Place ricotta cheese in the bottom of a shallow bowl. Add a ladleful of boiling, starchy pasta water to the ricotta and stir to combine. Add a couple of handfuls of grated Parmesan to the ricotta and mix it in.
Drain pasta. Toss hot pasta with cheeses. Add half the thick meat sauce to the pasta bowl and combine. Tear or shred the basil and add to the meat and pasta, toss again. Taste to adjust salt and pepper. Serve bowlfuls of Not-sagna with extra sauce on top and more grated Parmesan to pass at the table.
I didn't use the wine or beef stock with mine and I didn't use a can of tomatos, i used tomato sauce. (The can may be easier if you don't have any on hand) Mine was really good, and this recipe sounds good too.
here's your solution. just make donovan watch 30 minute meals. rachey ray is magic
uh-oh. you're gonna get it.
I'd only make him watch that horrible woman if I wanted a divorce. A pox on you for that suggestion.
Austin hates her too, I actually really like her. She has some good quick tips & a lot of her stuff comes out really good. One of my favorite tips from her is to grate garlic into your dishes, instead of mincing it. It's quicker & it gets it nice & fine.
Her voice cuts through me like nails down a chalkboard - I tried to watch her cooking muted the other day, and I just wasn't impressed. That's just my opinion.
I was watching an old Nigella Lawson show (from the 90's) the other day, and she grated garlic. I don't think Ray came up with that - that's why I don't like her; she's a hack.
i like nigella. She is definatly obsessed with food. Me & Austin were watching her the other day, and kept looking at eachother weirded out, cuz she says this stuff that is really strange and they do these close shots and play like...porn-ish music. haha
Haha - totally.
ever have pornish game hen?