Pasta 'Ncasciata

Pasta ‘ncasciata – Sicilian Pasta dish

Pane-Bistecca
The Sicilians have their own words, and you can see it in this classic dish! The word “incasciata” or “‘ncasciata” is for the caciacavallo, a sheep’s cheese that is mixed into the dish. It actually means that the cheese surrounds the dish. The cheese is tied like a little bag, similar to provolone, but is usually made from sheep’s milk.

The dish is made from macaroni, salami, eggplants, minced meat and caciacavallo and baked. Very typical for Sicily are again the eggplants! It tastes like southern Italy!!!! Simply wonderful!!! This month we travel to Italy with the culinary World travel of Volkermampft!

When I was 20 years old, I travelled to Sicily with my sweetheart. As we had hardly any money at the time, we travelled by public transport. A train was supposed to take us to Marsala, but it got stuck. We were stuck and hadn’t eaten all day. On the train, there were two of us, sweetheart’s sister and her boyfriend, a Sicilian, the coal shoveler, the ticket inspector and the train driver. The coal shoveler was actually no longer necessary because the train was electric, but the union still had to employ him. He was an Italian who had grown up in Ticino, the Italian part of Switzerland.

As luck would have it, he went to school with the sister of a friend of ours. He immediately unpacked his snack for us and his colleague, the ticket controller did the same. We feasted on oranges, bread and hard cheese, the best food ever, because we were very hungry! The Sicilian was talking to us and although I speak Italian, I didn’t understand a word!
Prep time
15 min
Cooking time
1 h 40 min
Portions
2
Total time
1 h 55 min

Ingredients

  • 300 g Veal or beef mince

  • 2 Garlic cloves

  • 2 tbsp Olive Oil

  • 1 Jar (400 g) Tomato Sauce

  • Salt and Pepper

  • Oregano and Rosemary

  • 300 g Macaroni

  • 1 Eggplant

  • 3 tbsp Olive Oil

  • 100 g Salami (or Chorizo, it is good too!)

  • Basil Leaves

  • 100 g Caciacavallo (you might not find this cheese, so use Mozzarella, but you need to add more seasoning)

  • Originally 2 hard boiled Eggs are added, I did not use them

Instructions

1

Step 1

Heat the 2 tbsp olive oil and fry the chopped garlic, then add the minced meat and brown it well. Season and add the tomato sauce. Turn down the heat and let simmer for 40 minutes. Then add 1/2 bunch of basil leaves, chopped.
2

Step 2

Cook the Macaroni as advised on the packaging al dente and drain.
3

Step 3

Dice the eggplant and fry in the olive oil. Cut the chorizo into slices if you don’t use salami. Now mix all the ingredients together and put them into a greased oven-proof dish.
4

Step 4

Dice the caciacavallo and sprinkle over it. I also added some Parmesan. Bake at 200 C in the oven for 30-40 minutes. Serve hot.

Notes

It’s really worth all the work!
zutaten
sauce
vorher
vor dem backen
Pasta 'Ncasciata
Pasta 'Ncasciata
Pasta 'Ncasciata
Pasta 'Ncasciata
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