Pappardelle with Tomato Sauce and Marinated Pecorino Sardo

Name: Pappardelle with Tomato Sauce and Marinated Pecorino Sardo
Yield: serves 4
Ingredients: 2 cups Basic Tomato Sauce (page 216); 1/2 pound Preserved Pecorino Sardo (page 218); Kosher salt and freshly ground pepper; 1 pound fresh semolina pappardelle (page 84)

December 14, 2011

This may be one of the simplest recipes in this entire book, but it’s absolutely addictive, with the marinated pecorino offering a tangy creaminess that coats the silky noodles just so. Don’t be tempted to jazz this up with anything extra—it’s the comforting straightforwardness of the dish that makes it so good. Trying to make it fancy will ruin the magic.

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