Timballo di Ziti

Baked Timbale of Ziti Pasta

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Preparation info
  • For

    10

    • Difficulty

      Easy

Appears in

By Antonio Carluccio and Priscilla Carluccio

Published 1997

  • About

This is a typical dish served at weddings in the province of Caserta in Campania. It is relatively elaborate if you want to make it in the shape shown in the picture but is worth doing for a large number of guests, whether or not it is for a wedding.

Ingredients

  • 1 kg ( lb) long ziti
  • 125 ml (4

Method

Cook the pasta in boiling salted water for 4 minutes, until pliable but not too soft, then drain and set aside. Heat the olive oil in a large pan, add the pork and the salami and brown the meat, stirring from time to time to break up the lumps of minced pork. Add the onions and some nutmeg and cook until the onions are tender, then add the wine and boil until evaporated. Stir in the tomato pulp