TAGLIATELLE with SOYA RAGU
( recipe for 4 people)

Ingredients:

1 Onion
2/3 Carrots
1 Celery
200 gr minced soya
500 gr tomatoes
2 table spoon of extra virgin olive oil
2 tea spoons of salt
1 tea spoon of brown sugar
a bunch of thyme
a bunch of rosemary
a bunch of basil
2/3 leaves of laurel
1 glass of red wine
a bunch of parsley

400 gr tagliatelle

optional:
black pepper
nutmeg

Preparing the soya ragu (which by the way you can use with any other pasta!)

1) Chop (very thin) one onion and the same amount of celery and carrots (same thickness);

2) Light fry the above mix (onion, celery and carrots) with some extra virgin olive oil (a couple of table spoons);

3) When your mix has reached a nice golden colour (after approx 8/10 min) add the minced soya 200 gr and cook for approx 15 min and keep stirring every 3/5 minutes;

4) Add red wine and stir for approx 2/3 min the time to evaporate the wine;

5) At this point add the tomatoes (500 gr), possibly entire tomatoes which you need to squeeze while cooking to extract the full juice;

6) Add 2 teaspoons of salt and 1 teaspoon of sugar (to take off the acidity) – Please note you can adjust the salt upon your taste;

7) Cook for about 1 hour adding some purified water after the first 30 minutes;

8) After the step 7, put together a bunch of thyme, rosemary, basil and 2 laurel leaves and tie it with cooking lace, place it in the sauce while is cooking; (add some black pepper and or some nutmeg if you desire it)

9) After having cooked the all sauce for about 2 hours, when it has dried the remaining water, add some parsley to finish it up and keep it on the side.

Preparing the tagliatelle (wholewheat) or any other pasta to your preference

1) Add some purified water in a pan;

2) Get it to boil and then add 400 gr of tagliatelle; while pasta is cooking add some salt and taste it to your preference;

3) Generally speaking tagliatelle take about 5 min to have them al dente 6 to have them well done (softer)  – Please check on the pasta packaging to understand cooking time;

4) Once the pasta is ready, dry it and add it to a pan together with the soya ragu;

5) Cook and stir it gently for about 1 minute to make sure all gets nicely amalgamated;

6) Take it out, portion it and serve it adding some fresh basil or parsley as decoration.

Enjoy it! Buon appetito!