Serves 4-6

This pasta is a classic farmer’s dish, using vegetables available from the garden. You may use any vegetables you like, as long as they are at the peak of the season and at their most flavorful. Be sure to dice them all about the same size.





 



  Rigatoni all'Ortolana

90 ml/ 6 tablespoons extra virgin
  olive oil
2 medium onions, diced
2 shallots, diced fine
2 cloves of garlic, crushed
2 green or yellow zucchini, diced
2 red or yellow peppers, diced
2 eggplant, diced
30 grams/ 2 tablespoons flat leaf
  parsley, minced
5 nicoise olives, pitted and
  chopped
½ kilo/ 1 pound fresh tomatoes,
  peeled, seeded and chopped
125ml/ ½ cup dry white wine
30 grams/ 2 tablespoons
  Parmesan, grated
30 grams/ 2 tablespoons Pecorino
  Romano, grated
450 grams/ 1 pound dried rigatoni
  pasta

 

         Heat the olive oil in a medium sauté pan and add the onions, shallots, garlic and half of the parsley. Cook slowly over a low heat, adding a small amount of wine to avoid sticking. Add the zucchini, peppers, and eggplant to the pan stirring continuously for 8 minutes. Add the olives and turn up the heat, then add the wine and cook for 3-4 minutes, continuing to stir.Lower the heat.

         Cook the pasta according to the directions on How to make Fresh Pasta Turn up the heat under the sauce and add the rigatoni, stirring well. Add one-half of the cheese and the oregano and mix well. Put the pasta and sauce into a serving bowl, sprinkle the parsley over all. Serve the remainder of the cheese at the table.


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