8 oz fresh mozzarella cheese (225 g), torn into pieces
10 meatballs
5 hard-boiled eggs
10 slices provolone cheese
2 cups onion (300 g), caramelized
8 hot italian sausages, cooked
marinara sauce, for serving
Nutrition Info
Calories 1168
Fat 57g
Carbs 101g
Fiber 4g
Sugar 8g
Protein 59g
How to Make It
1. Step
Make the pasta dough. Combine the flour and salt and make a small mountain of flour on a clean, flat surface. Make a well in the middle.
2. Step
Add 2 eggs to the well, and using a fork, carefully incorporate the eggs into the flour. Add the egg yolks and carefully mix into the flour.
3. Step
Once the eggs are incorporated, knead the dough by pulling, stretching, and folding for 3-5 minutes, or until it’s smooth and elastic.
4. Step
Shape the dough into a ball, and wrap it in plastic wrap. Rest in a fridge for 30 minutes to overnight.
5. Step
Make the ricotta-herb mixture. In a medium bowl, combine the ricotta, parsley, basil, Parmesan cheese, egg, salt, and pepper. Mix well and set aside.
6. Step
In a large pot of boiling water, cook the rigatoni, then the jumbo shell pasta for 5 minutes less than the suggested cooking time. Transfer the cooked pasta to two separate medium bowls.
7. Step
Mix the marinara sauce with cooked rigatoni. Set aside.
8. Step
Stuff the jumbo shells with the ricotta-herb mixture. Set aside.
9. Step
Grease 10-inch (25 cm) diameter dutch oven with olive oil.
10. Step
Using a rolling pin, roll out the pasta dough on a lightly floured surface until it is about ⅛ inches (3 mm) thick and 2 times larger than the Dutch oven you are using.
11. Step
Fold the rolled out dough into a triangle and transfer it to the pot, pressing down around the edges, letting the excess dough hang over the sides of the pot.
12. Step
Preheat the oven to 375˚F (190˚C)
13. Step
Layer the pasta-lined pot with the rigatoni, mozzarella, meatballs, hard-boiled eggs, provolone, ricotta-stuffed shells, caramelized onions, and sausages.
14. Step
Fold the pasta dough over the sausages and cover with the lid. Bake for 45 minutes, then remove the lid and bake for 30 minutes more. Cool for at least 30 minutes.
15. Step
Invert the timpano onto a cutting board and cool for 10 more minutes before cutting.
