Marcellas Stuffed Rigatoni Recipes

MARCELLA'S STUFFED RIGATONI

Steps:

• In a large frying pan brown the ground beef.
• Drain the fat.
• Add the garlic, onions, and green pepper.
• Cook until veggies begin to soften (3 minutes).
• Add the oregano and ketchup and mix.
• Continue to cook on low for 10 minutes so all the flavors come together.
• Meanwhile cook the rigatoni noodles so the are half cooked.
• Once the meat mixture has cooled stuff the rigatoni noodles with the meat mixture and place into a 11X9 casserole dish making several layers.
• In a small sauce pan combine the mushroom soup and milk and heat and mix until smooth.
• Pour this over the stuffed noodles and cook in a 300 degree oven for 35-40 minutes.

SAUSAGE STUFFED RIGATONI

Steps:

• Saute onion in olive oil.
• Pour onions, tomato paste, tomatoes, water, and seasonings into a 3 quart saucepan.
• Stir well.
• Cover and simmer for 1 hour.
• Remove bay leaf.
• Brown sausage and add bread crumbs.
• Mix milk and eggs together and add to meat mixture.
• Mix well.
• Cool.
• Stuff each rigatoni with meat mixture.
• Place a layer of rigatoni in 4 quart casserole.
• Pour some of the tomato sauce over noodles and sprinkle with cheese.
• Repeat layers.
• Bake at 350 for 1 hour.

MARCELLA HAZAN'S BOLOGNESE SAUCE

Steps:

• Put the oil, butter and chopped onion in the pot and turn the heat on to medium. Cook and stir the onion until it has become translucent, then add the chopped celery and carrot. Cook for about 2 minutes, stirring vegetables to coat them well.
• Add ground beef, a large pinch of salt and a few grindings of pepper. Crumble the meat with a fork, stir well and cook until the beef has lost its raw, red color.
• Add milk and let it simmer gently, stirring frequently, until it has bubbled away completely. Add a tiny grating -- about 1/8 teaspoon -- of nutmeg, and stir.
• Add the wine, let it simmer until it has evaporated, then add the tomatoes and stir thoroughly to coat all ingredients well. When the tomatoes begin to bubble, turn the heat down so that the sauce cooks at the laziest of simmers, with just an intermittent bubble breaking through to the surface. Cook, uncovered, for 3 hours or more, stirring from time to time. While the sauce is cooking, you are likely to find that it begins to dry out and the fat separates from the meat. To keep it from sticking, add 1/2 cup of water whenever necessary. At the end, however, no water at all must be left and the fat must separate from the sauce. Taste and correct for salt.
• Toss with cooked drained pasta, adding the tablespoon of butter, and serve with freshly grated Parmesan on the side.

MY SISTER'S VEGETABLE RIGATONI

Steps:

• In 11" x 7" baking dish, combine onions, peppers, zucchini and 2 tbsp water.
• Microwave, covered on High 4 to 5 minutes, stirring halfway through cooking.
• Add cooked rigatoni and mushrooms.
• Toss to combine with vegetables.
• Sprinkle with bouillon and paprika.
• Microwave, covered, on High 2 to 3 minutes until vegetables are tender.
• Sprinkle with cheese.
• Microwave, uncovered, on High 2 to 3 minutes until cheese melts.
• For Vegetarian only use a Vegetarian Chicken flavored bouillon or you will have to sub a Vegetable bouillon.