| Level: | Intermediate |
| Total: | 1 hr 55 min |
| Active: | 1 hr 10 min |
| Yield: | 4 servings |
Ingredients
- Extra-virgin olive oil, for cooking
- 1 to 2 cloves garlic, minced
- One to two 28-ounce cans marinara sauce
- 1 bunch fresh basil
- Salt and pepper
- 4 cups all-purpose flour, or more as needed
- 6 eggs
- 1 pound ground beef
- 1 pound ground pork
- 1 pound ground veal
- 1/2 cup panko, or more as needed
- 1 tablespoon grated Parmesan
- 3 pinches kosher salt
- 3 pinches ground black pepper
- 2 eggs
- Canola oil, for frying
- 2 cups fresh ricotta
- 2 cups shredded mozzarella
- Kosher salt
Instructions
- For the sauce: Cover the bottom of a medium saucepan with oil and garlic and cook over medium heat until garlic browns. Add sauce, basil, salt and pepper. Cook on medium heat for 15 minutes.
- For the pappardelle pasta: Make a bed of all-purpose flour, then make a well and add eggs. Fold all together, adding in more flour if needed, and knead until a dough ball is formed, then set aside and cover for 30 minutes.
- Run dough through a pasta sheeter to form pappardelle pasta (broad flat noodles).
- For the meatballs: Combine the beef, pork, veal, panko, Parmesan, salt, pepper and eggs in a bowl. Mixture should be on the drier side. If need be, add more panko. Form quarter-size meatballs. Heat a medium frying pan with oil and fry each meatball to a golden brown color.
- For the pasta al forno: Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F.
- Add sauce to a 9-by-13-inch baking dish, along with the ricotta. Stir together, then add mozzarella and the meatballs. Let the cheese melt down.
- Meanwhile, drop the pasta into boiling salted water for about 7 minutes. Strain and add to the baking dish. Mix around, then bake in oven for 10 minutes.
Reviews
Omg so good!!!
I did half the recipe tho cause it’s a huge portion for only 2 people. I did not make the pasta from scratch and did use a jar of organic tomato basil sauce instead due to time constraints. If this was made with everything from scratch it would be even better!!!
I did half the recipe tho cause it’s a huge portion for only 2 people. I did not make the pasta from scratch and did use a jar of organic tomato basil sauce instead due to time constraints. If this was made with everything from scratch it would be even better!!!
This recipe serves 8 if you use 2 jars of pasta, and all of the ground meats (we didn’t even use all of the meatballs) The flavor is awesome. We used premade pappardelle. Would be better with fresh made! Also-looked like too much for 9×12 so we used 2 8×8’s and worked out perfect.