Vegetable Not Zagna Pasta Toss Recipes

NOT-SAGNA PASTA TOSS

Steps:

• 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, 2 turns of the pan. 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, allspice and Worcestershire sauce. 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.

NOT-SAGNA PASTA TOSS

Steps:

• Bring a large pot of water to a boil for pasta.
• Salt the water and cook pasta al dente.
• Save a ladle of the starchy pasta water to form the sauce.
• Heat a deep nonstick skillet over medium-high heat.
• Add oil, then add meat.
• Brown meat and then add onions, garlic, and red pepper flakes.
• Season with salt, pepper, Worcestershire and allspice.
• Cook for another 5 minutes, then deglaze the meat mix with red wine.
• Cook off for 1 minute and then stir the stock into the meat.
• Stir in the tomatoes and bring it to a bubble.
• Reduce heat to a simmer for 5 minutes.
• Place the ricotta cheese in the bottom of a shallow bowl.
• Add a ladleful of boiling, starchy pasta water to the ricotta and stir to combine them.
• Add the parmesan cheese to the ricotta and mix it in .
• Toss the hot pasta with cheese mix.
• Add half of the meat sauce to the pasta mix.
• Toss to combine.
• Tear or shred basil and add it to the meat and pasta.
• Add rest of meat sauce and toss to combine everything.
• Serve with more parmesan cheese.

VEGETABLE NOT-ZAGNA PASTA TOSS

Steps:

• Bring a large pot of water to a boil. Add salt and then pasta and cook until al dente, about 9 minutes, drain reserving a cup of the pasta cooking water.
• While the pasta cooks, halve the zucchini lengthwise, then thinly slice into half moons. Peel the carrot then holding the carrot at the root end, use the peeler to thinly slice lenghtwise. Place the carrot strips on the cuttiin gobard and chop into small pieces (like confetti).
• Heat the olive oil in a large, deep skillet over medium-high heat. Add the zuchhini, carrot confetti, and mushrooms to the skillet.
• Cook the vegetables for 3 minutes, tossing once, then add the onion and garlic to the pan. Season the vegetables with salt and pepper and toss with tongs. When the onions are tender, about 5 minutes more, add the peas and roasted red pepper and toss to heat through. Transfer the veggies to a large dish.
• Return the skillet to the stove over medium-low heat and ad the butter. When the butter melts, add the flour and whisk for a minute or so, then whisk in the broth and milk.
• Bring to a bubble and thicken the sauce by letting it reduce for 3 to 5 minutes. Season with salt, pepper and nutmeg. Slide the vegetables into the sauce.
• Return the reserved pasta water to the pasta pot and bring it to a boil. Turn off the heat and add the ricotta, then add the grated cheese. Add the pasta to the cheeses. Top the pasta with the veggies and sauce then toss to combine.
• Tear or shred the basil and toss into the pasta.
• Adjust the seasonings. Pass around extra grated cheese at the table.