Aglianico Tagliatelle with Lamb

Aglianico Tagliatelle with Lamb combines the southern tradition of homemade pasta (tagliatelle) with lamb meat and Aglianico del Vulture wine. A winning and tasty match.


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Tagliatelle all'aglianico con agnello
Portate Portata: First Courses | Ingredienti Ingredienti: meat , with onion , with pasta | Cotture Cotture: Traditional cooking | Cucina Cucina: Italian cuisine , Lucanian cuisine | Difficolta Difficoltà: Easy | Menu Menu: all year round | Quick first courses , Tasty first courses
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Le tagliatelle all’Aglianico con agnello is a delicious dish that combines the southern homemade pasta tradition (tagliatelle) with lamb meat and Aglianico del Vulture wine, an area north of Potenza. This dish does not require advanced cooking skills but just a little attention.

Tagliatelle all'aglianico con agnello

Tagliatelle with Aglianico and Lamb

Tagliatelle all'Aglianico with lamb combines the southern tradition of homemade pasta (tagliatelle) with lamb meat and Aglianico del Vulture wine. A winning and flavorful pairing.
voti: 5 (5)
Prep Time: 35 minutes
Cook Time: 40 minutes
Total Time: 1 hour 15 minutes
Course: First courses
Cuisine: Lucanian cuisine
Servings: 4 persone

Ingredients

  • 300 gr. Tagliatelle
  • 500 gr. Lamb
  • 1 nr Onion red Tropea
  • 1 spicchio Garlic
  • 1/2 cup Red Wine Agliano del Vulture
  • q,.b. Extra Virgin Olive Oil
  • q.b. Salt
  • q.b. Pepper
  • some berries Juniper
  • 1 twig Thyme

Instructions

  • Debone the lamb leg, roughly chop half of it with a knife and set aside the rest for another dish.
  • Crush the bones and toast them in the oven, then put them in a saucepan covered with water and boil for about half an hour uncovered. The liquid should reduce to about a third of the initial volume and be collected, straining the bones well through a sieve or a colander: this will produce a brown lamb stock to flavor the sauce.
  • Chop the onion, one garlic clove and sauté very gently in a large pan with a drizzle of oil; add the chopped lamb meat and brown over high heat.
  • Deglaze with half a glass of wine, add salt, pepper, a sprig of thyme and four juniper berries.
  • After about 5 minutes, cook the pasta.
  • After another roughly 5 minutes, add the brown stock, another sprig of thyme, and chopped dried prunes to the lamb sauce.
  • Drain the pasta, removing it a couple of minutes before the time on the package, then toss in the pan to coat with the sauce over high heat. Serve hot.
    Tagliatelle all'aglianico con agnello

Notes

Aglianico del Vulture

Calling it just wine would be limiting. Aglianico is above all a story of  a people and a land with a strong and decisive identity, just like its wines.  A late-ripening grape that needs time and suitable climate to reach proper maturity, Aglianico found its ideal habitat on the soils of an extinct volcano from millennia ago: the Vulture, which rises austere and solemn in the northern tip of Basilicata on the border with Puglia and Campania.  Brought to Italy by the Greeks, under the name Hellenica, the Romans called it Ellenico and used it to improve the quality of Falerno, a wine highly esteemed by poets of the time. In the 15th century, under Aragonese rule, it was named Aglianico. With its ruby red color, fragrant and vinoso aroma, dry, salty, and harmonious taste, it has since continued to win the most demanding palates and secure a prominent place among Italy’s finest wines.
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