One-Pan Pasta With Harissa Bolognese

- Total Time
- 1½ hours, plus cooling
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Ingredients
- 1½pounds/680 grams ground beef (beef mince), at least 15 percent fat
- 1pound/450 grams ground pork (pork mince)
- ⅓cup/90 grams tomato paste
- ¼cup/70 grams harissa paste
- 2tablespoons Worcestershire sauce
- 1tablespoon ground cumin
- 1tablespoon ground coriander
- ⅓cup/80 milliliters olive oil
- 2ounces/60 grams Parmesan, finely grated (about 1 cup)
- 2ounces/60 grams Pecorino Romano, finely grated (about 1 cup)
- Salt and black pepper
- 1carrot, peeled, halved lengthwise and sliced
- 1small onion, peeled and roughly chopped
- 2large plum tomatoes, roughly chopped
- 4garlic cloves, peeled and roughly chopped
- 3cups/750 milliliters chicken stock
- ½cup/100 milliliters heavy cream (double cream)
- 1(8-ounce/225-gram) package dried manicotti or cannelloni, pasta roughly chopped in half crosswise
- ¼packed cup/10 grams roughly chopped parsley, plus extra for garnish
Preparation
- Step 1
Heat oven to 475 degrees Fahrenheit/245 degrees Celsius. Add the first 7 ingredients to a large roasting pan (roasting tin) about 15 by 10 inches/38 by 23 centimeters in size, along with 3 tablespoons oil, 2/3rds Parmesan and Pecorino Romano, 1¾ teaspoons salt and plenty of pepper.
- Step 2
Add the carrot, onion, tomatoes and garlic to a food processor and blitz until finely chopped. Add to the roasting pan and mix to combine. Transfer to the oven and bake until browned on top and sizzling, about 25 minutes. Reduce heat to 375 degrees Fahrenheit/190 degrees Celsius.
- Step 3
Use a fork to break the meat apart thoroughly, stirring it into the liquid that has been produced. Pour the chicken stock and cream on top, then add the pasta. Stir the pasta into the sauce until thoroughly coated; you want to get all of the pasta wet so it doesn’t burn. Push as much of the pasta under the surface of the sauce as possible (you won’t be able to submerge it all).
- Step 4
Bake until pasta is tender, about 25 minutes, stirring halfway through cooking.
- Step 5
Remove from the oven, stir in the ¼ cup parsley, sprinkle with the remaining Parmesan and Pecorino Romano and drizzle with the remaining oil. Bake until the top is crisp in parts and beginning to brown, about 8 minutes. Sprinkle over some additional parsley and let cool for 10 minutes, so the excess liquid soaks in, before serving.
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Never throw tomato paste away. Throw excess on some plastic wrap and roll up/spin to create a log. Freeze and then slice off what you need when you need it, just like cookie dough.
This was delicious, but: 1. forget the plum tomatoes if out of season - no taste. 2. use entire 170g can of tomato paste, don't throw half of it away. 3. increase pasta to 12-16 oz. - and don't waste your money on manicotti, which is more expensive because of the elaborate packaging. Use lasagna, farfel, or any relatively flat pasta. 4. Use all 4 c in chicken stock boxes, rather than have 1 c go bad in your refrig. That will pair w increased pasta. Feel free to increase all veggies as well.
Is this a sincere question or just virtue signaling? If you are just trying to avoid beef then I'd suggest lamb (more traditional with harissa anyway) but that's a pretty obvious sub to anyone who has ever been in a kitchen. Next in order, would probably lean on a dark ground turkey or chicken. Though I don't think any of those three industries are winning awards. It would seem the easiest solution to me would be to focus on buying humane-certified beef from a trusted butcher.
I gave this recipe 4 stars after I made this with no adjustments. After I had the leftovers, I changed it to 5 stars. Really tasty!
Made this recipe as instructed. It wasn’t spicy and can use more heat. I would not add the oil as 20% fat ground beef and ground pork provides ample grease.
Substituted gochujang for harrisa when my store didn’t have it- a great new flavor palette!
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