Mario Batali’s Weeds Recipe
Weeds is a stovetop meal made with hot and sweet sausage, curly pasta, wine (I used beef broth) and a delicious sauce. This has a wonderful taste, different than I usually make and a new favorite in our house. It was created by Mario Batali and posted by my blogger friend Bernadette at http://www.newclassicrecipe.com. I think it was the recipe name that drew me in but then again it looked delicious too!
In a large skillet over low heat
add the olive oil and melt the butter.
Add the onion and cook until they start to turn translucent.
Remove the sausage from the casing.
Increase the heat to medium and add the sausage to
the skillet. Breaking it up into small pieces, cook
until cooked through and no longer pink.
Drain off most of the fat.
Add the tomato paste, stirring often, cooking
until a deep red in color about 5 minutes.
Add the wine (or beef broth) and simmer
until almost evaporated.
Stir in the milk, salt, pepper and nutmeg. Reduce
to a simmer, cover and cook for 15 minutes.
Cook the pasta according to the package
directions, drain and return to the pot.
Add the sausage to the pasta.
Toss to combine, cover and let sit for about 5 minutes.
Toss again then serve!
Mario Batali's Weeds Recipe
http://www.InDianesKitchen.com
Ingredients
- 2 Tbsp. olive oil
- 2 Tbsp. butter
- 1 large sweet onion, diced
- 4 sweet Italian sausage links
- 4 hot Italian sausage links
- 6 oz. tomato paste
- 1 cup dry white wine (beef broth can be used instead)
- 1 cup whole milk
- 1 tsp salt, or to taste
- 1/2 tsp pepper, or to taste
- Pinch of ground nutmeg
- 1# pasta such as fusilli, rotelle, cavatappi, cellentani etc.
Directions
- In a large skillet over low heat add the olive oil and melt the butter.
- Add the diced onion and cook until almost translucent.
- Remove the sausage from the casings.
- Increase the heat to medium and add the sausage to the skillet. Breaking it up, cook until no pink remains
- Drain off most of the fat.
- Add the tomato paste, stirring often, cooking until it turns a deep red in color, about 5 minutes.
- Add the wine or broth and simmer until the liquid is almost evaporated.
- Stir in the milk, salt, pepper and nutmeg. Reduce to a simmer, cover and simmer for 15 minutes.
- Cook the pasta according to the package directions, drain and return to the pot.
- Add the sausage mixture to the pasta, tossing to combine. Cover and let sit for 5 minutes. Toss again then serve.
Categories: Broth, Milk Products, Sausage/Kielbasa, Spices/Seasoning, Vegetables/Slaws/Salads
My grandkids love pasta and this is different from anything I have made before. I will have to give it a try the next time they are here for dinner.
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I bet they will like it. You can use any kind of sausage but Mario Batali’s recipe was really good.
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My DIL’s father makes his own sausage, I wonder how it would be with that?
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Delicious I bet!!!! My husband made some once and it was good but a lot of work.
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They are Italian, so it is a thing. 😃
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Interesting recipe! Coincidentally, I’ve taken out sausage for dinner tonight. I have all the ingredients except the pasta. I may make a modified version of this tonight (no pasta) so thank you!
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It was very good Ab. Any kind of pasta would do it’s just that the longer curly pasta looks like the roots. Enjoy!
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We enjoyed it (even without the pasta this time)! So thank you. 😊
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Hubby would enjoy this
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Mine did too!
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😎
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One of my favorite recipes. I wrote about it recently. I use hot chicken sausage to cut down on the fat and calories.
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Brilliant idea!
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What a funny name! This certainly looks like a family pleaser!
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Yes we all cleaned our plates. Best weeds I ever had…lol
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❤️🍽
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In Italian, short, thin, curly pasta–gramigne–that resemble the shoots of weeds.
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Thank you I thought that but wasn’t certain. Everyone is asking and that makes perfect sense!
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😍😍😍😋😋😋😋
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Thanks!
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This looks and sounds exceptionally yummy!
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He is such a good cook! This was fun and delicious. Thank you Tierney!
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Diane, you had me at “weeds” because I didn’t have a clue what you were talking about. LOL! I’ve learned something today.
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That’s what drew me in too Janet. It was worth making it…delicious!
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Why is it called weeds, Diane?
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Because in Italian, I’m told, short curly pasta is referred to as weeds. Mario Batali is of Italian descent. Have a great weekend!
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This looks delicious; being easy to make is a nice bonus!
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Oh yes easy and delicious is a perfect combination. Thank you!
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For a moment I was stunned about the “weed” in your header 😳 … but I’m glad to say, we will definitely try this weed recipe, looks yummy!! And may I add, I love the plate in your photo 🌻.
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Thank you! I am told that short curly pasta in Italian is referred to as weeds. Enjoy!
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I had a different thought, I thought you’d inhaled 🙂 I must give this a go, it seems so simple too.
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Haha you aren’t the first one to say that! It was very good and yes simple too. It was a strange name and I would love to know the true meaning of it.
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Yes, I must track it down, here weeds is a dismissive term for salad by those who don’t like greens.
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How funny!
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My father-in-law used to say rabbit food, also hilarious.
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Your have a nice blog, congratulations
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Thank you so much so do you!
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Welcome dear friend 🌹
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I was puzzled by the title – this looked delicious. Sausage and pasta – yum!
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He named it that because the pasta looks like roots I think. He is a good chef and this was very good but he is not in the public eye anymore.
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You know it does look like roots – that was something different, that’s for sure.
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This looks delicious. I’ll have to see if my husband “knows” Mario Batali. His favorite go to chef is Chef John on FoodWishes.com, and I’ll have to admit, I enjoy watching him create in the kitchen also.
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I’ve never heard of FoodWishes.com and just checked it out. Looks like wonderful recipes! Mario Batali was caught in one of those sexual harassment cases and dropped out of celebrity life. He had some really good food.
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Sorry to hear that.
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Sounds like the perfect comfort food- 🌸
Take care, Diane! VVN
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Pasta and sausage is always comfort in my eyes! Hahahaha Thanks VVN and have a great week. 💕
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I will be making this soon with a few tweaks to be calorie conscious. So excited.
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Let me know how you like it, it was delicious!!!
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Nice photos – I definitely learned something new today with the ‘weeds’ term.
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Thank you it was very tasty too. One of Mario’s better recipes.
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Reminds me of Cheeseburger Hamburger Helper! And yes the weeds name grabbed me too!
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It tasted amazing and what a great name with that pasta right?
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