Pacchari Ripieni with Mozzarella and Ricotta

Prep Time: 30 minutes or less | Cook Time: 30 minutes or less | Serves: 4
Dinner » Pasta » Italian

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I watched Iron Chef America - S01E08 - Batali vs Campbell - Battle Cheese and became so totally enamored of the dishes that Mario Batali produced that I became obsessed with duplicating them. Specifically his "Pacchari Ripieni with Mozzarella and Ricotta" dish. I watched the episode salivating wildly, then I watched it again, writing down every scrap of information I could get for this dish.

Mario basically sauteed some peas and prosciutto together, mixed it with ricotta and mozzarella, stuffed some pasta tubes, poured bechamel over it all and topped it with parmesan before baking it. This is my attempt at creating something similar.

Some quickie definitions I had to look up:
Pacchari: a type of tube pasta
Ripieni: Italian word for filling

I am using Manicotti instead and I am also using a bigger dish to bake it in.

I boiled the manicotti


Step 1:

Then I took half of this sausage left over from grilling the other day, and took all the skin off, and chopped it up.