Pasta
Timballo Layered with Eggplant, Bolognese Ragu,
Hardboiled Egg and Scamorza Cheese
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Pasta Timballo Layered with Eggplant, Bolognese
Ragu, Hardboiled Egg and Scamorza Cheese
Prep Time: 20 minutes
Yield: 6 to 8 servings
Ingredients
1/4 cup bread crumbs
1 small eggplant, peeled and sliced thin
(1/16-inch)
2 cups penne pasta cooked until al dente
1/4 cup sliced hardboiled egg
6 ounces bolognese ragu, recipe follows
Fresh basil leaves, as much as you like
1/4 cup pecorino
2 ounces tomato sauce
1/2 cup scamorza cheese grated
Classic bolognese ragu:
10 ounces salt pork or pancetta, rendered
1 quart water
1 cup diced carrots
2/3 cup diced celery
1/2 cup diced onion
1 1/4 pounds boneless ground beef, pork
and veal
1/2 cup dry white wine
2 tablespoons tomato paste, mixed with 5
ounces broth of choice
Salt and pepper
Preparation
To assemble, brush bottom
of clay bowl* or oven-proof bowl with
olive oil. Sprinkle bread crumbs evenly
around surface. Place half eggplant strips
in the clay all around circumference,
with half laying over sides of clay. In
a mixing bowl toss pasta with egg, bolognese,
basil, and pecorino cheese together. Season
with salt and pepper (you may add garlic
here, red pepper flakes, etc). Place the
mixture in the clay. Top with rest of
the sliced eggplant and close top with
the overhang of eggplant. Remember to
start at the opening so each slice closes
the other. Spread tomato sauce over the
eggplant slices and then spread with grated
scamorza cheese. Lightly oil the top.
Bake in the oven at 325 degrees F for
about 1 hour.
*If using a clay bowl do not preheat oven.
Start in a cold oven. If using an oven-proof
bowl preheat oven to 325 degrees F.
Cook the pancetta in a heavy bottom pan
over medium-low heat for 2 to 3 minutes,
fat should begin to render Add the chopped
vegetables and cook 3 minutes until onion
becomes tender and vegetables wilting.
Add the ground meat, and turn heat to
medium. Brown the meat, cooking 5 to 6
minutes. Stir in the wine and tomato paste.
Reduce heat to low, cook 1 1/2 hours,
stirring continuously.
Check for seasoning and adjust with salt
and pepper as necessary.
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