Fresh egg pasta with boar ragu

Name: Fresh egg pasta with boar ragu
Prep time: 30 min
Cook time: 180 min
Total time: 210 min
Yield: 4
Ingredients: Type 00 flour 4 cups; Eggs 4; Boar 2 lbs; Celery 4 stalks; Carrots 3; White onions 2; Garlic 3 cloves; Rosemary 1 sprig; Red wine 7 tbsp; Fine salt to taste; Black pepper to taste; Extra virgin olive oil 2 tbsp; Tomato paste ¼ cup; Thyme to taste; Sage to taste; Marjoram to taste; Dark chocolate 1 tbsp; Juniper berries to taste; Vegetable broth 4 cups; Carrots 1; Celery 1 stalk; White onions 1; Red wine 2 cups; Ground black pepper to taste; Bay leaves 4 leaves

Lactose Free

Difficulty: Average
Prep time: 30 min
Cook time: 3 h
Serving: 4 persone
Cost: Average
Note + marinating time for the meat

PRESENTATION

Recipe by
Daniele Rossi

Fresh egg pasta with boar ragu is a first course characterized by classic, rustic and decisive flavors. The sauce is the undisputed queen of condiments: boar ragu is inspired by Tuscan culinary tradition and evokes all the typical aromas of game. Flavorsome and succulent boar meat is perfect for making a ragu for true connoisseurs; long marination in wine ennobles the distinct gamey note. Such an exquisite sauce deserves to be served with home made pasta, which it will coat to perfection, thanks to its porous consistency!

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INGREDIENTS

Ingredients for the fresh pasta: Type 00 flour 4 cups (400 g); Eggs 4

For the boar ragu: Boar 2 lbs ( kg); Celery 4 stalks; Carrots 3; White onions 2; Garlic 3 cloves; Rosemary 1 sprig; Red wine 7 tbsp (100 g); Fine salt to taste; Black pepper to taste; Extra virgin olive oil 2 tbsp (30 g); Tomato paste ¼ cup (75 g); Thyme to taste; Sage to taste; Marjoram to taste; Dark chocolate 1 tbsp (10 g); Juniper berries to taste; Vegetable broth 4 cups (1 l)

For the marinade: Carrots 1; Celery 1 stalk; White onions 1; Red wine 2 cups (600 g); Ground black pepper to taste; Bay leaves 4 leaves

Preparation

How to prepare Fresh egg pasta with boar ragu

To prepare fresh egg pasta with boar ragu, start by making the sauce: prepare the ragu by following our recipe. Marinade the meat with the vegetables in 2.5 cups of wine for 12/24 hours 1. Finely chop aromatic herbs and add tomato paste 2, then cook the meat for around 2/3 hours; add around 0.4 cups of wine and the vegetable broth, simmer and reduce 3.

While the ragu is cooking 4, prepare the fresh egg pasta: place the flour on a pastry board and form a well 5. Break open the eggs at room temperature and place them in the middle. Now beat with a fork 6.

As soon as the eggs absorb some of the flour, start kneading by hand 7 into a homogeneous dough. Roll it into a ball 8 and wrap in plastic wrap, or cover with the bowl. Leave the dough to rest at room temperature for at least 1 hour. Split it into three parts 9 so that it is easier to roll out.

Sprinkle abundant flour over one piece and flatten it; do not remove the other pieces from the plastic wrap, otherwise they will dry out. Take the pasta making machine and set it to thickness level 1, the thickest setting, and feed the dough through the rollers 10: at first the pasta sheets will be quite thick. Fold both edges of the dough inwards to create a more regular shape, then lightly sprinkle with flour and feed it through the rolls once more; repeat several times until you reach thickness setting number 8. Place the resulting pasta on a pastry board dredged with flour and trim the edges with a spatula (or a knife), sprinkle both sides with a little flour and leave the sheets to dry for 5 minutes on each side. Take a pasta sheet, fold one edge over by around two thirds 11 and start shaping it 12 into a very flat roll, with the closed end up.

Cut the pasta roll into 0.8" - 1.6" thick slices 13. Take both ends of the pasta and spread it over your hand, roll it around your fingers to form a nest, then place it on the pastry board sprinkled with flour 14. Continue until you finish all the dough. Cook the pasta in boiling salted water 15 for 4-5 minutes.

Drain the pasta 16 and add it to the pan with the sauce 17, stir and serve nice and hot 18.

Storage

Store fresh egg pasta with boar ragu in the refrigerator, in a sealed contained for 1-2 days at most. If you have used nothing but fresh ingredients, only the ragout can be frozen.