serves 16
You might need to buy:
- Ingredients
- Bechamel:
- * 1 stick butter
- * 1 cup all-purpose flour
- * 8 cups milk
- * Salt and freshly ground black pepper
- * Freshly grated nutmeg
- *
- Mushroom Mixture:
- * 1 tablespoon oil
- * 1 teaspoon dried thyme or fresh thyme leaves
- * 1/2 cup amontillado sherry
- * Salt
- * 3 pounds rigatoni or other big pasta of choice
- *
You might need to buy:
- For the Tomato Meat Sauce:
- good olive oil
- lean ground beef
- lean ground lamb
- dry red wine
- ground cinnamon
- dried oregano
- fresh thyme leaves
- cayenne pepper
- Kosher salt and freshly ground black pepper
- For the Bechamel:
- whole milk
- heavy cream
- all-purpose flour
- freshly grated nutmeg
- Salt and freshly ground black pepper
- freshly grated Parmesan or Kasseri cheese
- small shells
serves 4
You might need to buy:
- * 2 to 3 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil
- * Kosher salt
- * 1 clove garlic
- * 1/4 cup shredded Parmesan
From Mark Bittman’s 101 Head Starts on the Day
You might need to buy:
- eggs
- pureed pumpkin
- milk
- melted butter + more to butter the pan
- egg noodles
- cinnamon
- salt
- Bread crumbs