Tagliatelli With Chestnuts, Pancetta, and Sage

Submitted by SarahBeth

"This is from epicurious. Easy to make but tastes like more effort went into it. This is a "company is coming for dinner" standby because it looks fancy and tastes fancy, but does not take fancy time to complete. I usually sub dried sage and parsley in mine, but I do not measure it. I just dump some in. This will come together fast. Cooking time includes boiling pasta, prep time does not."

 

• Ready In: 40mins
• Ingredients: 10
• Yields: 1 dish
• Serves: 6

ingredients

• 3 ounces pancetta, chopped (Italian unsmoked cured bacon)
• 1 tablespoon extra virgin olive oil
• 1 small onion, finely chopped
• 4 garlic cloves, minced
• 2 tablespoons finely chopped fresh sage
• 8 ounces bottled peeled roasted whole chestnuts, coarsely crumbled
• 8 ounces dried flat egg pasta such as tagliatelle pasta noodles or 8 ounces fettuccine
• 1 cup finely grated parmigiano-reggiano cheese
• 2 tablespoons unsalted butter
• 1 tablespoon finely chopped fresh flat-leaf parsley

directions

1. Cook pancetta in oil in a 12-inch heavy skillet over moderate heat, stirring frequently, until beginning to brown, 3 to 4 minutes.
2. Add onion and cook, stirring frequently, until beginning to brown, 2 to 3 minutes.
3. Add garlic and 1 tablespoon sage and cook, stirring, 1 minute.
4. Stir in chestnuts and remove from heat.
5. Cook pasta in a 6- to 8-quart pot of boiling salted water according to package directions. Reserve 1 1/2 cups cooking water, then drain pasta in a colander and add to pancetta mixture in skillet.
6. Add 1 cup reserved cooking water along with cheese and butter and cook, tossing constantly, over high heat until pasta is well coated (add more reserved water if necessary), about 1 minute.
7. Add salt and pepper to taste and serve sprinkled with parsley and remaining tablespoon sage.

Reviews

[Mia in Germany]

Awesome! Easy to make, elegant and extremely delicious, a perfect recipe. I used turkey bacon because DH can't have pork, and pecorino because I can't have cow's milk cheese. Also I used gluten free pasta. I will definitely make this again! Thanks for sharing :)<br/>Made for Making over Fall Favorites / Diabetes Forum

 

[KellyMac6]

Incredible! Pasta is my favorite food and this dish just took place at the top of my list. I can't believe I MADE something so delicious! I did have trouble finding the chestnuts but I am glad I went through the trouble to locate them (they had them at Whole Foods). Thanks SarahBeth!

 

[Emily C]

This is a good one to make if you're having a bad day and need to feel good about yourself. After the first bite, you'll be screaming, "HOLY CRAP I AM AWESOME!!!!!" It's *that* good. And really easy.