All recipes with Tomato passata
Cavatelli al Ragù di MaialeMolise’s two-finger pasta in a pork rib ragù that simmers until the meat surrenders. The region Italy forgets makes the Sunday sauce it shouldn’t.
Lenticchie di Castelluccio in UmidoThe tiny lentils of the Castelluccio plain stewed with soffritto and sausage: Umbrian mountain food, and Italy’s New Year’s good-luck supper.
RibollitaTuscany’s twice-cooked bread and vegetable soup, thick enough to eat with a fork: cavolo nero, cannellini beans, and stale bread reboiled into something far greater than its parts.
Tagliatelle al Ragù BologneseSlow beef and pancetta ragù on fresh egg tagliatelle, with a little tomato, milk and a long, gentle simmer.