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Rigatoni con Speck, Panna, e Pistacchio

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A Mister Philip Edwin Garrubbo (my elder brother) writes in with this week’s Sunday pasta recipe from Agira,  province of Enna, Sicily (population 8,000), a stones throw from Mount Etna, and motherland of two grandparents.  Until 1861 it was called San Filippo d’Argiriò, in honor of its patron Saint Philip. Upon fratello’s prodigal return, he received a hero’s welcome, feted by cousins we haven’t seen in decades.

Agira is old and cool. It was not colonized by the Greeks until the Corinthians drove out the last tyrant in 339 BC.  In the mid fifth century, it was the first Sicilian city to mint bronze coinage.   In 1063, it was taken by the Normans (Vikings), who defeated the Saracens (Arabs), and then passed through the hands of  the Hohenstaufen (Germans), the Angevines (French), and Aragonese (Spanish) and in about 1400 it became state property of Sicily. Over the years the town was influenced by many Jews.

It is any wonder that one of my grandmothers was blonde-haired, blue-eyed and the other red-haired, green-eyed. (Not to worry, their Italian noses and their cooking skills always gave their roots away.)

There in Agira, within eight hours, Primo ate both maccheroni alla norma (eggplant) and then this pasta with speck, cream, and pistachios (with local pistacchio di Bronte, of of course).

Below is the recipe.  You can’t argue with history.

Buon Appetito!

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Sunday Pasta® Recipe: Rigatoni con Speck, Panna, e Pistacchio

Total Time: 30 minutes

Serves: 4-6

Ingredients

1 pound rigatoni (or penne)
6 ounces speck
½ glass of dry white wine
1 onion, finely chopped
8 ounces heavy cream
1/4 cup olive oil
salt, to taste
Freshly ground black pepper, to taste
6 ounces raw Pistacchios, coarsely chopped

Instructions

Bring a large pot of salted water to a boil.

Cut speck into bite-sized strips or cubes.

In a large frying pan over medium heat, saute the onion in the olive oil until translucent. Add the speck and cook until the onions turns golden. Add the wine and allow it to evaporate.

Lower the heat and add the cream, and salt, pepper. Cook for a couple of minutes until reduced.

Meanwhile, cook the pasta until al dente (two minutes less than the package recommends). Drain, and add it to the speak and cream mixture.

Serve immediately with a sprinkling of Pistacchios

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