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Pasta al Forno
Ingredients:
2 x 250g cans Italian Peeled & Crushed Tomatoes
750mL bottle of Italian Purée
1 Onion (peeled & chopped)
Clove of Garlic (peeled & chopped)
½ kg Pork meat (cubed)
150g Ham (cut into small pieces)
250g Provola Cheese (grated coarsely)
Fresh Basil leaves
250g grated Pecorino Cheese
2 Boiled Eggs (chopped)
500g pkt Penne Rigate
¼ cup Olive Oil
Salt & Pepper to taste
Method:
- Lightly fry the pork meat in olive oil, remove and set aside. Add the garlic, onion and cook until golden.
- Then add the tomatoes, tomato purée and basil. Bring to the boil and return the pork meat to the sauce. Season with salt and pepper. Let simmer for approximately 1 hour
- When the pork meat is cooked, remove from sauce and dice finely.
- While the sauce is cooking, cook the pasta in salted boiling water until half cooked, then drain.
- In a bowl mix the pasta with some of the sauce.
- Spread a little sauce over the bottom of a baking dish and spread with a layer of pasta, mixing the ham, pork meat and eggs into it.
- Sprinkle some of the Provola and mix it into the pasta.
- Lastly, sprinkle some more Provola and a little grated pecorino cheese evenly over the top.
- Cover with a sheet of baking paper and then a sheet of alfoil and bake in the oven for about 1 hour or until cooked.
