lasagna pasta toss

How To Make lasagna pasta toss

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  Heat a large pot of water to boil for pasta. Salt water and cook pasta to al dente. Save some of the starchy cooking water for the sauce before draining.
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  Heat a deep nonstick skillet over medium high heat. Add extra virgin olive oil. Add the meat and break it up into small bits as it cooks. Once meat has good color to it, 4 to 5 minutes, add garlic, onions and red pepper flakes and season with salt, pepper, allspice and worcestershire sauce. Cook another 5 minutes, deglaze the meat and onions with red wine, cook off a minute, then add 1/2 cup of stock into the meat. Stir in the tomatoes and bring to a bubble. Reduce heat to medium low and simmer 5 minutes.
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  Place ricotta cheese in the bottom of a shallow bowl. Add a ladleful of boiling, starchy pasta water to the ricotta and stir to combine. Add a couple of handfuls of grated parmesan cheese to the ricotta and mix it in.
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  Drain pasta. Toss hot pasta with cheeses. Add half the thick meat sauce to the pasta bowl and combine. Tear or shred the basil and add to the meat and pasta and toss again. Taste to adjust salt and pepper. Serve bowlfuls of the Pasta Toss with extra sauce on top and more grated parmesan to pass at the table.
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