Not-sagna Pasta Toss

Recipe courtesy Rachael Ray

Show: 30 Minute MealsEpisode: Come One, Come All

Rated: 4 stars out of 5Rate itRead users' reviews (260)

RECIPE
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Cook Time:
20 min
Level:
Easy
Yield:
4 servings

Times:

Prep: 15 min
Inactive Prep: --
Cook: 20 min
Total:: 35 min

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Ingredients

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, eyeball it in your palm
Black pepper
1/2 teaspoon allspice, eyeball it in your palm
1 teaspoon, several drops, Worcestershire sauce
1/2 cup dry red wine, a couple of glugs
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, a couple of handfuls, plus some to pass at table

Directions

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.

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recipe Not-sagna Pasta Toss
Michelle Denver, CO 11-08-2009
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Great Lasagna Substitute in fractin of the time.
Rated: 4 stars out of 5

This was a great substitute for the real thing, I did add some dried oregano, thyme, & basis to the meat sauce with the... crushed tomatoes, so it would taste more like a speghetti sauce. I also used more mozarella cheese with the ricotta instead of parmesean to be more like lasagna (and I had some left over that I wanted to use up). The mozarella made it very cheesy so next time I think I will use a half & half mixture next time with the parmesean and mozarella. Family loved this one and it will definitely be in the rotation...Read more
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Christine Sacramento, CA 08-28-2009
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ok
Rated: 3 stars out of 5

all spice was kinda weird. and it was kinda like glorified hamburgerhelper...rachael's recipies usually wow me a little... more... Read more
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Sharon Chillicothe, OH 02-15-2009
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Very good!!
Rated: 5 stars out of 5

This feeds a lot of people. Served for five men & myself; had plenty of leftovers. Everyone liked it. I did add mozzarella... cheese, but just used all beef stock instead of the wine & stock. Will make this again.Read more
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Emily East Boothbay, ME 01-05-2009
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I like it!
Rated: 4 stars out of 5

I think it's pretty good! My full rundown of the recipe can be seen at... http://relishments.wordpress.com/2009/01/05/this-weeks-lunch/Read more
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Anthony Los Angeles, CA 10-25-2008
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Pretty good...
Rated: 4 stars out of 5

It was pretty good.... A little bland, but had the flavors down. Would have been better had there been sausage in the meat... sauce and mozzarella cheese somewhere. Rachael's two-sauce lasagna bowls are SOOOO much better than this. Same concept - lasagna without the layering, but it is heads above the rest. I'd go with that one. But this will work in a pinch.Read more
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virginia Enid, OK 07-15-2008
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wonderful alternative
Rated: 4 stars out of 5

my family absolutely loved this recipe. my only regret is not having the red wine and therefore had to use more stock... instead. the flavors were great and the consistency of the sauce helped my children eat it without fussing about being able to see the tomatoes, olives, and peppers in my other italian dishes....this one is a new family favorite.Read more