Name: Spaghetti Alla Chitarra with Lamb & Sweet Peppers
Yield: Serves 6–8
Cuisine: Italian
Ingredients: 2 large red bell peppers, stemmed, seeded, and sliced ¼″ thick; 1 large yellow bell pepper, stemmed, seeded, and sliced ¼″ thick; Grated Pecorino Romano, to garnish; Kosher salt and freshly ground black pepper, to taste; 1 15-oz. can whole peeled tomatoes, crushed by hand; 3 cloves garlic, thinly sliced; 1 lb. ground lamb; 1½ cups lamb or chicken stock; 3 bay leaves; ½ cup white wine; 1 lb. spaghetti alla chitarra or thick spaghetti; ½ cup extra-virgin olive oil

Preparation info

Serves
6–8

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Italian Comfort Food

By The Editors of Saveur

Published 2015

About

Lamb appears frequently in the cuisine of Abruzzo, where shepherds still practice the thousand-year-old tradition of transumanza, the seasonal movement of flocks of sheep from lowlands to mountains and back again. Spaghetti alla chitarra are long noodles that are shaped by pressing a sheet of pasta against a frame fitted with metal strings that resemble the strings of a guitar (chitarra).