Ricotta Gnocchi w/ Pork Rib Sunday Sauce

The weather is cooling down, warm yourself up with comfort on a plate.

I never had this as a kid but it brings me back to a fake childhood in the Italian countryside devouring bowl after bowl of pasta with my made up Italian Grandmother. This is the sort of dish that warms your soul, that brightens your day, that fixes an argument with your lover. It’s magic and you deserve to try it.

This can be approached a few ways but I would make the pasta and the sauce the day before you eat it to save yourself some trouble. I recommend keeping it in a single layer on a sheet tray in the freezer. The pasta is simple, pillowy and delicious. The Sauce is meaty, rich and full of gelatinous tomatoey flavor. Together they sing opera high notes and bring tears to your eyes.

RICOTTA GNOCCHI & PORKRIB SUGO VIDEO (CLICK HERE)

Cooking pasta with the Pork Rib Sunday Sauce

• Heat Sauce pot till it reaches a rolling boil

• Meanwhile heat a sauté pan to medium high heat, add 4 big spoonfuls of Sunday Sauce and once it starts to simmer turn heat to low

• Add two-three handfuls of pasta into the pot of boiling water

• Stir around to avoid any stick

• Take a ladle of pasta water and add it to your sauce on the other burner- the pasta water helps add starch which makes your sauce stick better and glisten

• Once the pasta floats (3 minutes) it’s ready, if you want to keep it more al dente pull it 1 minute earlier

• Add pasta to the sauce and turn the heat off

• Throw your grated Pecorino Romano into the pan and toss around till the sauce comes together. If the pasta is too thick add some pasta water and it will fix it- thinning it out. If the mixture is too thin add some more Pecorino Romano

• Continue Tossing everything into the pan until you get the desired consistency - you want the sauce to stick to the pasta

  

  

  Plate it up and add some, freshly cracked pepper and grated pecorino or parmesan to finish. ENJOY!

  

  

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