Dad’s Pasta “Maritata” (Married Pasta)

A simple, soulful dish that speaks of home and of my father. There weren’t many things my dad cooked, but this was his signature. He’d call it pasta maritata, “married pasta”, with a sense of pride, as though he’d invented the combination himself. Just ricotta, tomato sauce and pasta. But not just any ricotta: he would go out of his way to bring home the freshest he could find, still warm from the farm, tucked into its fascedda/fuscella, the traditional cheese mould used in Sicily. A