Riggies With Roasted Vegetable And Ricotta Sauce Recipes

CHICKEN RIGGIES

Steps:

• Bring a large pot of lightly salted water to a boil over high heat. Add rigatoni pasta and cook until tender yet firm to the bite, 8 to 10 minutes. Drain and keep warm.
• Heat olive oil in a large skillet over medium-high heat. Season chicken with salt and pepper, and cook in the hot oil until lightly browned on all sides, and no longer pink in the center, about 7 minutes. Remove the chicken from the skillet and keep warm.
• Stir onion, Cubanelle peppers, and garlic into the skillet. Cook and stir until onion softens, about 4 minutes. Add crushed tomatoes, roasted red peppers, and hot cherry peppers. Bring to a simmer. Stir in cooked chicken and heavy cream; simmer for 2 to 3 minutes. Stir in cooked pasta.
• Serve garnished with Parmesan cheese.

RIGGIES WITH CHARRED TOMATOES, SAUSAGE, KALE AND RICOTTS RECIPE

Steps:

• Bring large pot of water to a boil for rigatoni. Preheat broiler. Arrange tomatoes on baking sheet. Drizzle with olive oil, salt and pepper, toss. Place under broiler and char until they burst. Heat deep skillet over med high heat, add olive oil. Add sausage, brown. Add onion and garlic, season with salt and pepper, stir for a few minutes. Deglaze with vermouth. Add kale to pan to wilt. Add charred tomatoes crushing as you put them in to sauce. Cook pasta. Reserve a mug of cooking water. Drain pasta, toss with sauce and cooking water. Place in bowl, top with ricotta, drizzle with olive oil, shred Parmesan cheese on top and serve.

BAKED RICOTTA WITH SPRING VEGETABLES

Steps:

• Bring a small saucepan of water to a boil, add the asparagus and blanch 5 minutes. Drain and set aside. Toss mushrooms with 2 teaspoons of the oil and sear in a small skillet over medium heat until softened, about 5 minutes. Set aside.
• Grease a 9-inch cast iron skillet with 1 teaspoon oil. Place ricotta in a bowl. Fold in the Parmesan, mozzarella, oregano, egg and egg yolk. Season with salt and pepper. Spread in the cast-iron skillet. Gently swirl in the pesto, leaving streaks of it.
• Heat a broiler. Place the cast-iron skillet on a burner turned to low and let cook about 10 minutes, until heated through and showing signs of browning along the edges. Remove from heat. Scatter the asparagus, mushrooms and artichokes on top. Sprinkle with scallions and mint. Place under the broiler close to the source of heat until it starts to become lightly dappled, about 6 minutes.
• Meanwhile grill or toast the bread. Brush with the remaining 1 1/2 teaspoon olive oil and rub with garlic. Serve the cheese and vegetables directly from the skillet, with grilled bread alongside.

CHEF JOHN'S CHICKEN RIGGIES

Steps:

• Heat olive oil in a large saucepan over medium heat. Cook and stir sausage, mushrooms, onions, salt, and black pepper in hot oil until vegetables are softened and sausage is browned, 6 to 7 minutes.
• Stir chopped chicken to sausage mixture; cook and stir over medium-high heat until browned, about 5 minutes. Pour in wine and cook, stirring to remove any browned bits off the bottom of the pan, until most of the wine is evaporated, 2 to 3 minutes. Add tomatoes, chicken broth, and cream; simmer for 30 minutes. If needed, add water to create a thick sauce.
• Stir peppers, olives, and garlic into sauce. Continue to simmer until thickened, 15 to 20 minutes. Season with salt and pepper to taste and stir in parsley.
• Bring a large pot of lightly salted water to a boil. Cook rigatoni in the boiling water, stirring occasionally until nearly cooked, about 11 minutes. Drain.
• Combine sauce and cooked pasta, stir in cheese, cover and set aside until pasta has absorbed the sauce, 1 to 2 minutes.

ROASTED SUMMER VEGETABLE SALAD WITH RICOTTA

Steps:

• Heat oven to 400°F. In large bowl, toss tomatoes, zucchini, yellow squash, bell pepper, thyme, oil and salt. Spread in single layer on 2 ungreased cookie sheets.
• Bake 20 to 25 minutes or until vegetables are tender.
• Divide vegetables evenly among 4 serving plates. Top each serving with 1 tablespoon ricotta cheese; sprinkle with parsley.

ROAST VEGETABLE LASAGNE WITH SPINACH AND RICOTTA

Steps:

• Place the vegetables in a roasting dish, cover in the olive oil and brown sugar and season well with salt and pepper. Tear the basil over the top of the vegies.
• Roast at 180C for around 45 minutes.
• While the vegetables are roasting, make pasta sauce (if you are using homemade) and spinach/ricotta mix.
• For the spinach and ricotta mix, defrost the spinach in the microwave.
• Mix into the thawed spinach the ricotta, cubed feta and parmesan. Stir thoroughly and season with salt and pepper.
• Layer the lasagne as follows: Pasta sauce on the bottom, then lasagne sheet, ricotta mix, lasagne sheet, vegetables (minus the garlic cloves), lasagne sheet, ricotta mix, lasagne sheet, pasta sauce, cheddar cheese. Finish off with the second amount of parmesan over the top of the lasagne (this helps create a great golden colour and a delicious flavour once it's cooked). I also like to add another dash of cracked pepper to the top for good measure.
• Bake the lasagne at 180C for 30 - 40 minutes, or until the top is golden brown.
• If you feel so inclined, you can use the roasted cloves of garlic to make garlic butter for homemade garlic bread. Yum!

BRESAOLA AND RICOTTA PANINI

Steps:

• Preheat a panini press to 400 degrees F.
• In a small bowl, combine the ricotta, lemon zest, thyme, salt, pepper and garlic. Add about 2 tablespoons EVOO. Slather it generously on the roll bottoms. Fold and quarter the sliced meat to ruffle it and arrange it on top on the cheese. Tuck in the sliced capers and onions among the folds. Toss the greens with juice of 1/2 a lemon and a drizzle of EVOO, about 1 tablespoon. Arrange on top of the meat and set the bread top in place.
• Press panini to crust the bread and warm the ricotta. Split and serve.