De Cecco Anellini n.71 (500g)

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Timballo di pasta or Timpano is a Sicilian pasta dish that actually started as a way to use up leftover pasta bolognese. My friend Carm Ruggeri who is Sicilian explains Timballo di Pasta as "poor man's food" where all of the leftovers are baked into a cake form. Carm explains "Some people do it alla norma with eggplant, some people add pancetta. Every recipe varies from town to town." Carm suggested making it with an outer layer of roasted eggplant which looks spectacular. "We used to call it 'Ncasciata' at the restaurant which translates to encased." Indeed, it is different all over Italy and really depends on the region. Of course, you can serve this sauce with other types of pasta. I think it would go really well with orecchiette or cavatelli, especially if they are homemade. However, if you make homemade anellini, I’m sure you’ll love the authentic version of this pasta recipe from Abruzzo as much as we do. Serve with sautéed veggies, extra ricotta and grated pecorino (if using) Place the eggplant slices on the baking sheets without overlapping them. Brush the tops with olive oil (about 2 more tbsp.) and sprinkle lightly with salt. This is a simpler version but really you can make your timballo based on what you have. If you don't have anelli pasta you can use other pastas - I've also seen this done with spaghetti too. It looks fantastic with rigatoni pasta and you can also use rice instead of pasta. It's the ultimate leftover meal. You don't need a bundt tin for this as you can also use a springform tin or loaf tin and layer all of the ingredients. You can use eggs or cheese to bind it (in my case I used cheese because I love cheese). Some put breadcrumbs and cheese on the outside (which is something I'm more likely to do next time over a dough). I can only imagine the crunchy delicious crust on the outside.

Step 2 - While it is cooking roast the eggplant. Preheat oven to 180C/350F cut the top off the eggplants and cut them into 1cm/0.4inch slices. Place eggplant slices on parchment lined trays and brush generously with oil on both sides. Roast for 20 minutes and then turn over and roast for another 5-8 minutes. Set aside to cool. If you prefer a meatless version, omit the meat and add chunks of fresh mozzarella instead, believe me it’s all good! Which also means that your sauce needs it’s own pan. How are you going to cooke those gorgeous fresh tomatoes to perfection if you are throwing a bunch of ingredients in there together including the Pasta? This eye catching dish is a specialty from Palermo, Sicily. Some refer to it as a timballo or timpano, which is a baked pasta dish encased in dough or in this case, eggplant. So, anellini alla pecorara is a dish of a particular type of pasta and sauce eaten together. In Abruzzo, you can find fresh anellini to buy in many food stores. Interestingly, the pasta is sold as anellini alla pecorara or pecorara di Elice. Although, many locals still make this pasta themselves. Outside of the region, the only way to enjoy this dish in its authentic form is to use homemade pasta, which is what we did. What is anellini pasta?

Timballo di Pasta

And that something happened to be this Creamy Mascarpone Pasta with Pancetta and fresh rosemary, and did I mention a couple of tablespoons of vodka? Sound strange? Nah Italians always use rosemary when cooking pork. Also known as anelli or anellini, meaning small rings, this ring shaped pasta of Sicilian origin is popular for making this baked pasta dish.

Anelli or anelletti, as they are called in Sicily, are thin dry ring shaped pasta often used by Italians in soups, salads and oven baked pasta dishes. In fact 'anelli' in Italian translates as 'small rings'. There is also a smaller version of this pasta called 'anellini, which are tiny rings used mostly in soups. Baked Anelletti are delicious! Well those are anelli! I recently read that not only are SpaghettiOs still being produced, but they sell over 150 million cans a year! When Campbells first launched them on the market they used the advertising tag line"The neat round spaghetti you can eat with a spoon" I just love that! Round spaghetti! The bechamel mingles with the marinara and parmesan cheese and creates a creamy, luscious sauce that envelopes the anelletti pasta so well.

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Chef Salvatore Fraterrigo – Head Chef and Owner of Norma Gastronomia Siciliana restaurant in New York City – grew up in Trapani but also lived in Palermo. He considers anelletti al forno to be his version of comfort food. “I remember when we went to Mondello, the most famous beach in Palermo, and we’d bring the anelletti al forno with us. The smell of the ragù was all over the beach. It was the perfect dish after a long and tiring day.” Anelli, also known as anelletti (Italian for “little rings”) is a small, circular pasta . These pasta rings can come in two sizes, and the smaller size (a noodle you might recognize from the American pantry food SpaghettiOs) is called anellini. Where does it come from?

For example, prepare the meat ragu, eggplant and hard boiled eggs a day or two ahead. If you happen to have a batch of meat sauce in your freezer, defrost it and stir in some peas. Other than the traditional meals Sicilian people make with anelli pasta, anelli and anellini can be used to make soups and other, more straightforward pasta dishes. How to make pasta recipes with this Sicilian favorite just requires a bit of imagination! Anelli is perfect for casseroles and easy baked pasta recipes, like the baked ziti with marinara and mozzarella that has become so well-loved in America. What kind of anelli can I buy from Supermarket Italy? The following are step by step instructions with images to guide you through this recipe. Please scroll to the end of this post for the detailed printable recipe card. Step by Step Instructions Prepare the meat ragu with peas But this isn’t another column about baked pasta. It’s a column about the fact that, even though I make versions of minestrone all year round, when autumn arrives, holding tights and the other half of the detachable duvet, the need for big soup is great. This one is full of good things that are around right now – mushrooms, potato, pumpkin or butternut squash, with pasta, if you wish: anelli if you can find them, another small shape if you can’t.Add the ground meat trio (beef, veal and pork) and cook, stirring and breaking up the pieces with a wooden spoon, until no longer pink, about 5 minutes. Today, anelli can be found not only throughout Italy but also all over the world. It is especially popular in Puglia and Sicily, where its use isn’t limited to being served as pasta in a can. What Does Anelli Mean? Anelli pasta came from Sicily, where it was traditionally used to make timballo. Timballo is a Sicilian baked pasta dish featuring pasta, rice, meat, fish, or vegetables. This homemade anellini pasta rings recipe comes from Abruzzo in Central Italy. It’s a dish you can find in many trattorias and homes there, particularly in and around the town of Elice in the province of Pescara. This pasta recipe is rich in veggies and perfect for vegetarians. Of course, you can use other types of pasta with the alla Pecorara sauce. A unique pasta dish from Abruzzo. The word ‘pecora’ means sheep in Italian and alla pecorara means shepherd’s style. So, I imagine this dish got its name from the generous quantity of sheep’s ricotta and pecorino in it. Like many traditional Italian pasta recipes, anellini alla pecorara is a dish that originated in what the Italians call ‘la cucina povera’, meaning the peasant kitchen. It’s made with produce the peasants and farmers made or grew themselves. Thus, the vegetables they grew, the cheese they produced and the pasta they made themselves! Add tomato passata or chopped tomatoes to soffrito. Season, stir and simmer. How to make the pecorara sauce.