Pasta Napolitana Recipes

PASTA NAPOLITANA

Steps:

• In a Dutch oven, cook bacon over medium heat; drain and set aside. Discard drippings. In same pan, cook ground beef and sausage in olive oil until beef is no longer pink, breaking into crumbles. Add onion; cook until tender, about 5 minutes. Drain. Add tomato paste; cook and stir until fragrant, about 5 minutes. Stir in bacon, marinara sauce, broth, wine, mushrooms, pepperoni, sugar, garlic powder, oregano, basil, parsley, rosemary, marjoram, sage, seasoned salt, pepper, pepper flakes and Worcestershire sauce. Bring to a boil; reduce heat. Simmer, covered, stirring occasionally, until thickened and flavors have combined, about 2 hours. Serve with spaghetti and Parmesan cheese.

PASTA NEAPOLITAN

Steps:

• PREPARE RED SAUCE: Heat oil in pan over medium heat& saute onion until translucent.
• Add garlic& saute for another minute.
• Stir in the rest of the ingredients; bring to a boil, then reduce heat& simmer uncovered for 15- 20 minutes.
• Adjust seasoning, if necessary and remove the bay leaf.
• PREPARE CHICKEN SAUCE: Melt butter in a heavy fry pan over medium heat.
• Very thinly slice the chicken into strips; saute along with the almonds, stirring frequently, until the chicken is cooked (about 5 or 6 minutes).
• Meanwhile, pour the cream into a small, heavy pan over a low heat.
• Bring to a boil& boil for about 10 minutes, stirring constantly, until reduced by almost half.
• Combine the cream with the chicken mixture and season.
• Set aside& keep warm.
• PASTA: Add oil, then noodles to a large pot of salted, boiling water& cook until tender.
• Drain well.
• ASSEMBLY: Turn noodles onto individual plates.
• Spoon tomato sauce over them, leaving the outer edge of the noodles visible.
• Spoon chicken sauce onto the center of tomato sauce, leaving the outer edge of the tomato sauce visible.
• Sprinkle with basil leaves.

PASTA NEOPOLITAN

Steps:

• Pour 2 tablespoons olive oil in a skillet on medium heat and saute half of the crushed garlic in the oil along with 1 teaspoon basil and 1 teaspoon oregano. Add the tomatoes, a cup at a time, to the skillet. Once all the tomatoes are in the pan, allow them to reduce by a fourth.
• In a separate pan, cook the chicken with remaining oil, crushed garlic, basil, and oregano. Cook until chicken is brown. Set the pan aside but do not discard any liquid that may be in the pan.
• Once the tomato broth mixture has reduced, add the chicken, chicken broth and juice from the olives to the pan and allow it to continue to cook. In total, the tomato mixture will cook for approximately 1 hour. In a large stockpot, bring water to a boil in order to cook the pasta. Add salt and the pasta and cook until al dente or approximately 10 to 15 minutes. Drain the pasta in a colander and place in a large bowl. Add the finished tomato and chicken sauce to the pasta mix and serve.
• Serve with fresh grated Romano and sliced black olives.