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Lucia’s 'Short & Thick' Pasta with Tomatoes and Ricotta

When we stopped in sunny Salento we were surrounded by olive trees and the sea lapped the shore in the background. Not only was the scenery beautiful, but the pasta was too. We met Lucia and her husband Mario, who welcome us into their home to show and showed us how to make a local pasta shape: Curti e Gruessi — which in the local dialect means “short and thick.” In nearby villages, this pasta is also known as maccheroni al ferretto or minchiareddi, but here in Nardò they call it Curti e Gruessi.

Prep

40m

Cook

9m

Total

49m

Ingredients

Method

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Make the dough:

1.

Place the semola in a large bowl or directly on a wooden board. Gradually add the cold water, mixing with your fingers. Knead for 8–10 minutes until smooth and firm. Cover and let rest for 20–30 minutes at room temperature.

400 g Durum wheat semola rimacinata

200 ml Cold water

Shape the pasta:

1.

Cut off a piece of dough and roll it into a rope about 1 cm thick. Cut into 2–3 cm pieces. Using a thin rod (ferretto) or skewer, roll each piece to create a hollow center. Lightly dust with semola and set aside.

Make the Sauce:

1.

Heat the olive oil in a pan over medium heat. Add the sliced red onion and cook gently until soft (about 3–4 minutes). Add the passata and the datterini tomatoes (crush them lightly with a spoon). Season with salt. Simmer for 4–5 minutes only — this is a fresh, quick sauce.

3 tbsp Extra virgin olive oil

1 small Red onion

500 ml Tomato passata

200 g Whole datterini tomatoes

Salt

Cook & Finish:

1.

Bring a large pot of salted water to a boil. Cook the pasta for 3–4 minutes, or until tender but firm. Before draining, mix 1 generous spoonful (about 2 tbsp) of ricotta with a little hot tomato sauce. Drain the pasta and toss with the sauce. Stir in the ricotta mixture.

200 g Fresh cow’s milk ricotta

For

6

M

I

For the pasta:

400

g

Durum wheat semola rimacinata, fine semolina flour

200

ml

Cold water

For the sauce

3

tbsp

Extra virgin olive oil

1

small

Red onion, thinly sliced

500

ml

Tomato passata

200

g

Whole datterini tomatoes

200

g

Fresh cow’s milk ricotta

Salt, to taste

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Lucia’s 'Short & Thick' Pasta with Tomatoes and Ricotta

When we stopped in sunny Salento we were surrounded by olive trees and the sea lapped the shore in the background. Not only was the scenery beautiful, but the pasta was too. We met Lucia and her husband Mario, who welcome us into their home to show and showed us how to make a local pasta shape: Curti e Gruessi — which in the local dialect means “short and thick.” In nearby villages, this pasta is also known as maccheroni al ferretto or minchiareddi, but here in Nardò they call it Curti e Gruessi.

Prep

40m

Cook

9m

Total

49m

Ingredients

Method

Turn cooking mode on

Make the dough:

1.

Place the semola in a large bowl or directly on a wooden board. Gradually add the cold water, mixing with your fingers. Knead for 8–10 minutes until smooth and firm. Cover and let rest for 20–30 minutes at room temperature.

400 g Durum wheat semola rimacinata

200 ml Cold water

Shape the pasta:

1.

Cut off a piece of dough and roll it into a rope about 1 cm thick. Cut into 2–3 cm pieces. Using a thin rod (ferretto) or skewer, roll each piece to create a hollow center. Lightly dust with semola and set aside.

Make the Sauce:

1.

Heat the olive oil in a pan over medium heat. Add the sliced red onion and cook gently until soft (about 3–4 minutes). Add the passata and the datterini tomatoes (crush them lightly with a spoon). Season with salt. Simmer for 4–5 minutes only — this is a fresh, quick sauce.

3 tbsp Extra virgin olive oil

1 small Red onion

500 ml Tomato passata

200 g Whole datterini tomatoes

Salt

Cook & Finish:

1.

Bring a large pot of salted water to a boil. Cook the pasta for 3–4 minutes, or until tender but firm. Before draining, mix 1 generous spoonful (about 2 tbsp) of ricotta with a little hot tomato sauce. Drain the pasta and toss with the sauce. Stir in the ricotta mixture.

200 g Fresh cow’s milk ricotta

For

6

M

I

For the pasta:

400

g

Durum wheat semola rimacinata, fine semolina flour

200

ml

Cold water

For the sauce

3

tbsp

Extra virgin olive oil

1

small

Red onion, thinly sliced

500

ml

Tomato passata

200

g

Whole datterini tomatoes

200

g

Fresh cow’s milk ricotta

Salt, to taste

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Marc W

3 months ago

I will try this tonoght

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P

Pasta Grannies

4 days ago

let us know how it turned out?

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