Name: Hunter-Style Pasta Sauce with Herbs, Pancetta, Tomato, and White Wine (Sugo alla Cacciatora)
Yield: Enough sauce for 1 pound of pasta, making 4 large or 6 small servings
Cuisine: Italy
Ingredients: ½ cup chopped celery, both stalk and leaves; 2 tablespoons butter; 2 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil; ½ cup chopped pancetta; Salt; 1 cup canned imported Italian plum tomatoes, with their juice, or ripe, firm, fresh tomatoes, peeled and seeds scooped away; 1 cup finely chopped onion; ½ cup chopped carrot; ⅓ cup freshly grated Parmigiano-Reggiano cheese; Black pepper ground fresh; 4 whole bay leaves; ¼ cup juniper berries; ½ cup dry white wine

Preparation info

Enough sauce for 1 pound of pasta, making
4
large

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Marcella Cucina

By Marcella Hazan

Published 1997

About

Italian hunters must do a lot of cooking!” exclaimed one of my students when I was introducing yet another dish called alla cacciatora, hunter’s style. Although some hunters may like to cook and there are certainly cooks who also hunt, the term refers not to them, but to a style of cooking that applies to meats or pasta sauces employing ingredients that would be used in preparing game. Aromatic flavorings such as sage, bay leaves, and juniper are typical components of the cacciato