RICOTTA MEATLESS MEATBALLS WITH SAUCE
"Polpette di ricotta al sugo", as these are known in Italian, are meatless balls made out of ricotta cheese and homemade bread crumbs. Think meatballs, but without the meat! The soft balls are then simmered in a simple homemade tomato sauce. I like to serve these with a side of greens, such as broccoli rabe.
Provided by Kim's Cooking Now
Categories World Cuisine Recipes European Italian
Time 35m
Yield 4
Number Of Ingredients 17
Steps:
- Line a baking sheet or large plate with waxed paper.
- Combine ricotta cheese and eggs in a large bowl; mix well. Add bread crumbs, Pecorino Romano cheese, Parmigiano-Reggiano cheese, garlic, parsley, salt, and pepper; mix until thoroughly blended.
- Take a scoop of the mixture with a small cookie scoop and put it in the palm of your hands. Roll it into a ball and place on the waxed paper. Repeat until all of the mixture has been shaped into balls. Place in the refrigerator while you make the sauce.
- Heat olive oil in a large pan over medium heat. Add garlic and cook until fragrant, about 30 seconds. Add tomatoes, wine, basil, sugar, salt, and pepper. Bring to a boil, stirring occasionally. Reduce heat to a simmer.
- Add ricotta balls to the sauce. Simmer, shaking the pan occasionally to cover the balls with sauce, until heated through, about 10 minutes. Serve immediately.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 747.9 calories, Carbohydrate 92.6 g, Cholesterol 141.6 mg, Fat 24.8 g, Fiber 7 g, Protein 35.7 g, SaturatedFat 10.7 g, Sodium 2198.8 mg, Sugar 14.2 g
PASTA WITH FRESH TOMATO SAUCE AND RICOTTA
This wonderful pasta is made with nothing more than fresh tomato sauce and good ricotta, plus a little pecorino. It's most delicious if you keep the pasta quite al dente; use just enough sauce, no more; give it a good pinch of crushed red pepper; and season it with enough salt of course.
Provided by David Tanis
Categories easy, pastas, main course
Time 30m
Yield 4 to 6 servings
Number Of Ingredients 8
Steps:
- Cook the pasta in a large pot of well-salted water, making sure to keep it quite al dente.
- Put butter in a wide deep skillet over medium heat. Add drained pasta to the pan and season with salt, pepper and crushed red pepper, if using.
- Add tomato sauce gradually and stir to coat pasta, using only enough sauce for a light coating (you may not need the entire 2 1/2 cups).
- Transfer pasta to a warm serving bowl and dot top with spoonfuls of ricotta. Sprinkle lightly with pecorino and garnish with a few torn basil leaves.
RICOTTA BALLS IN TOMATO SAUCE
a delicious alternative to traditional meatballs
Provided by apinchofitaly
Time 40m
Yield Serves 4
Number Of Ingredients 12
Steps:
- put the bread crumbs in a bowl with the ricotta, eggs, chopped garlic, grated parmesan and pecorino, chopped parsely, salt and pepper and mix all the ingredients together.
- in a sauce pan put the garlic, oil and cook for a few min till the garlic gets golden, add the tomato passata with a couple of pinches of salt, bring to the boil and cook for 15 min. Once the sauce is cooked you can start preparing the ricotta balls.
- Grease your hands with a little oil and roll some mixture to make the balls as big as a walnut and put them one by one in the sauce.
- Cook for approx. 15 min and serve immediately.
DELICIOUS AND SIMPLE RICOTTA AND TOMATO PASTA SAUCE
I just love this recipe! Mum used to make this for us when we were kids. It's apparently a traditional Roman dish, great for vegetarians and very easy and quick to whip up, an awesome dish with a real 'rustic' feel to it! The kids will love it! It is to be served on top of steaming, hot pasta...wholemeal pasta works quite well with this recipe too! Enjoy!
Provided by LovelyRitaMeterMaid
Categories Sauces
Time 15m
Yield 4-6 serving(s)
Number Of Ingredients 11
Steps:
- Firstly, put on a large pot of salted water and bring to the boil, add pasta to water and cook until'al dente' approximately 8- 10 minutes.
- While pasta is on the go, finely dice your onion and crush your garlic.
- In a saucepan, put in the olive oil, when the oil is warm, add your garlic and onion and gently saute these until they are transparent.
- Add the ricotta to the pan, and stir through the onions and garlic well.
- At this stage, add your salt and pepper, parmesan, crushed tomatoes and tomato paste.
- Mix well and let simmer gently for 10 minutes.
- Drain pasta.
- Turn the ricotta sauce off from the heat, add your fresh basil leaves, roughly torn, into the sauce.
- Dish up some pasta into a bowl, put some of the ricotta sauce on top of the pasta, and finish off with some extra shavings of parmesan if desired.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 762.9, Fat 22.2, SaturatedFat 11.5, Cholesterol 64.9, Sodium 979.2, Carbohydrate 107.8, Fiber 6, Sugar 8, Protein 32.5
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