Baked Ziti With Spicy Pork And Sausage Ragù Recipes

Steps:

• Heat olive oil in heavy large pot over medium-high heat. Add pancetta and sauté until brown and crisp. Using slotted spoon, transfer pancetta to bowl. Sprinkle pork with salt and pepper. Add half of pork to drippings in pot; sauté until brown, about 7 minutes. Transfer to bowl with pancetta. Repeat with remaining pork. Add sausage to same pot. Sauté until no longer pink, breaking up with back of fork, about 5 minutes. Add onions, carrots, celery, thyme, garlic, bay leaves, and crushed red pepper. Reduce heat to medium-low; sauté until vegetables are tender, about 10 minutes. Add wine and bring to boil, scraping up browned bits. Add pancetta and pork with any accumulated juices; boil 2 minutes. Add tomatoes with juice. Cover and cook until pork is very tender, adjusting heat as needed to maintain gentle simmer and stirring occasionally, about 2 hours.
• Uncover pot; tilt to 1 side and spoon off fat from surface of ragù. Gently press pork pieces with back of fork to break up meat coarsely. Season ragù to taste with salt and pepper. (Can be made 2 days ahead. Cool slightly. Refrigerate uncovered until cold, then cover and keep refrigerated. Rewarm over low heat before continuing.)
• Preheat oven to 400°F. Butter 15x10x2-inch glass baking dish or other 4-quart baking dish. Cook pasta in large pot of boiling salted water until tender but still firm to bite, stirring occasionally. Drain pasta; mix into ragù. Season mixture to taste with salt and pepper; transfer to prepared dish. Sprinkle both cheeses over. Bake until heated through and golden, about 20 minutes.
• *Pancetta (Italian bacon cured in salt) is available at Italian markets and in the refrigerated deli case of many supermarkets.

Steps:

• Preheat an oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease a 9x13 inch baking dish.
• Fill a large pot with lightly salted water and bring to a rolling boil over high heat. Once the water is boiling, stir in the ziti, and return to a boil. Cook the pasta uncovered, stirring occasionally, until the pasta has cooked through, but is still firm to the bite, about 8 minutes. Drain well in a colander set in the sink.
• While pasta is cooking, heat a large skillet over medium heat. Add the sausage, and cook and stir until brown, about 10 minutes. Drain sausage and set aside.
• Stir together the ricotta, egg, onion, garlic, and oregano in a large bowl until well combined. Stir in the drained pasta, the drained sausage, salt, pepper, and 1/2 jar of the spaghetti sauce; mix well.
• In the prepared baking dish, cover the bottom with 1/3 jar of spaghetti sauce. Layer 1/2 of the pasta mixture, 1/3 jar of spaghetti sauce, and 1/2 of the shredded cheese. Then layer the remaining 1/2 of the pasta, 1/3 of the sauce, and 1/2 of the cheese. Sprinkle with basil. Cover the dish tightly with aluminum foil.
• Bake in the preheated oven until heated through, about 20 minutes. Uncover; return to the oven and bake until cheese is melted, 5 to 10 more minutes.

Steps:

• Heat olive oil in heavy large pot over medium-high heat.
• Add pancetta and sauté until brown and crisp.
• Using slotted spoon, transfer pancetta to bowl.
• Sprinkle pork with salt and pepper.
• Add half of pork to drippings in pot; sauté until brown, about 7 minutes.
• Transfer to bowl with pancetta.
• Repeat with remaining pork.
• Add sausage to same pot.
• Sauté until no longer pink, breaking up with back of fork, about 5 minutes.
• Add onions, carrots, celery, thyme, garlic, bay leaves, and crushed red pepper.
• Reduce heat to medium-low; sauté until vegetables are tender, about 10 minutes.
• Add wine and bring to boil, scraping up browned bits.
• Add pancetta and pork with any accumulated juices; boil 2 minutes.
• Add tomatoes with juice.
• Cover and cook until pork is very tender, adjusting heat as needed to maintain gentle simmer and stirring occasionally, about 2 hours.
• Uncover pot; tilt to 1 side and spoon off fat from surface of ragù.
• Gently press pork pieces with back of fork to break up meat coarsely.
• Season ragù to taste with salt and pepper.
• (Can be made 2 days ahead. Cool slightly. Refrigerate uncovered until cold, then cover and keep refrigerated. Rewarm over low heat before continuing.).
• Preheat oven to 400 degrees.
• Butter 15x10x2-inch glass baking dish or other 4-quart baking dish.
• Cook pasta in large pot of boiling salted water until tender but still firm to bite, stirring occasionally.
• Drain pasta; mix into ragù.
• Season mixture to taste with salt and pepper; transfer to prepared dish.
• Sprinkle both cheeses over.
• Bake until heated through and golden, about 20 minutes.

Steps:

• Transfer whole peeled tomatoes (with their juices) to a large bowl and squeeze with your hands to break up; set aside. Heat oil in a pot over medium-high. Add sausage and cook, breaking up with the back of a spoon, until browned in places and cooked through, about 8 minutes. Add garlic and cook, stirring, until fragrant, about 1 minute.
• Add reserved crushed tomatoes to pot along with can of tomato sauce and 1/2 cup water (pour water into sauce can and swirl to catch any left inside). Season generously with salt and pepper; let simmer until flavors meld, skimming fat as needed, about 20 minutes.
• Meanwhile, preheat oven to 425°F. Cook pasta in a pot of salted boiling water about 5 minutes less than package instructions (so it still has some bite in the center and won't overcook in the oven). Reserve 1 cup pasta water, then drain and rinse noodles under cool water to stop cooking.
• In now-empty pot, melt butter over medium heat. Add flour and whisk until combined and lightly toasted, 2 to 3 minutes. Slowly whisk in milk. Bring to a boil, then reduce heat and simmer, stirring often, until consistency is like slightly thickened cream, 10 to 15 minutes. Remove from heat. Season with salt, nutmeg, and 1/3 cup Parmigiano. Press plastic wrap directly on surface to prevent a skin from forming.
• In a large bowl, toss pasta with 3 cups tomato sauce, 1/2 cup Parmigiano, 1/2 cup reserved pasta water (or up to 1 cup, if sauce is very thick), and basil. Season with salt and pepper.
• Spread half of bechamel in the bottom of a 3-to-3 1/2-quart baking dish. Top with half of pasta mixture, 1 cup tomato sauce, half of mozzarella, and 1/2 cup Parmigiano. Layer with remaining pasta and 1 cup tomato sauce.
• Spoon the last of the bechamel evenly on top, followed by remaining mozzarella and 1/2 cup Parmigiano; top with a few spoons of tomato sauce. Sprinkle with more Parmigiano. Place dish on a rimmed baking sheet lined with parchment (to catch spills).
• Bake, uncovered, until browned in places and bubbly, about 30 minutes. Let cool 20 minutes, top with more basil leaves, and serve.

Steps:

• Heat olive oil in heavy large pot over medium-high heat.
• Add pancetta and saute until brown and crisp.
• Using slotted spoon, transfer pancetta to bowl.
• Sprinkle pork with salt and pepper.
• Add half of pork to drippings in pot; saute until brown, about 7 minutes.
• Transfer to bowl with pancetta.
• Repeat with remaining pork.
• Add sausage to same pot.
• Saute until no longer pink, breaking up with back of fork, about 5 minutes.
• Add onions, carrots, celery, thyme, garlic, bay leaves, and crushed red pepper.
• Reduce heat to medium-low; saute until vegetables are tender, about 10 minutes.
• Add wine and bring to boil, scraping up browned bits.
• Add pancetta and pork with any accumulated juices; boil 2 minutes.
• Add tomatoes with juice.
• Cover and cook until pork is very tender, adjusting heat as needed to maintain gentle simmer and stirring occasionally, about 2 hours.
• Uncover pot; tilt to 1 side and spoon off fat from surface of ragù.
• Gently press pork pieces with back of fork to break up meat coarsely.
• Season ragù to taste with salt and pepper. (Can be made 2 days ahead. Cool slightly. Refrigerate uncovered until cold, then cover and keep refrigerated. Rewarm over low heat before continuing.)
• Preheat oven to 400°F
• Butter 15 x 10 x 2-inch glass baking dish or other 4-quart baking dish.
• Cook pasta in large pot of boiling salted water until 'al dente', stirring occasionally.
• Drain pasta; mix into ragù.
• Season mixture to taste with salt and pepper; transfer to prepared dish.
• Sprinkle both cheeses over.
• Bake until heated through and golden, about 20 minutes. Makes 8 servings.
• That's it!