MEZZE MANICHE AL RAGU DI MOSCARDINI
Enjoy a delicious baby octopus ragu pasta sauce, so delicious and easy to make. Mezze maniche con Moscardini is a very popular dish in southern Italy, especially Sicily. Mezze maniche means half sleeves, is a dried pasta tubular in shape usually grooved, they are smaller than rigatoni. It is a perfect pasta to combine with such a robust moscardini ragu.
Servings: 4 people
Calories: 300kcal
Ingredients
- 850 g Moscardini baby octopus
- 150 g Baby plum tomato
- 175 ml White wine
- 30 ml Olive oil
- 20 g Capers
- 15 g Chopped parsley
- 10 g Garlic
- 10 g Chilli
- Salt and pepper to taste
Instructions
- Pour the oil in a large pan or skillet, add the sliced garlic, capers, thinly sliced chilli and place on a medium heat.
- Once the garlic is golden in colour, add the moscardini and cook for one-minute steering occasionally.
- Pour the white wine, add the halved tomatoes and about half of the chopped parsley.
- Season with salt and pepper, reduce the heat and cover with a lid. Cook for about 30 minutes
- Meanwhile, bring a large pan of salted water to the boil, drop the mezze maniche and cook for 1 minute less than the packaging quoted cooking time.
- Once the pasta is cooked al dente, drain and add to the sauce, adjust the seasoning, add the remaining chopped parsley and serve.
Notes
HINT AND TIPS:
When adding garlic and chilli to the pan in cold oil ensure the heat is turned up to the medium as it will make garlic and chilli slowly infuse the oil. If you happen to burn garlic, don't worry... Start all over again, do not carry on cooking as the taste of burnt garlic is not possible to cover up. I suggest using a cast iron pan to cook the ragu due to its even heat distribution, which will ensure the sauce will cook evenly. Check the recommended cooking time for mezze maniche on the packaging and cook it 1 minute less. The pasta will keep cooking once added to the ragu, you can keep a little bit of water from the pasta to add to the ragu if it becomes too dry. ALLERGENS: GLUTEN, SULPHATES, MOLLUSCS, Dairy Free
Nutrition
Calories: 300kcal | Carbohydrates: 5g | Protein: 25g | Fat: 8g