Cappetto's Rigatoni Isabella Copycat
Recipe: #38931
June 13, 2022
Categories: Cheese, Mozzarella, Swiss, Rigatoni Italian, Southwest, Copycat or Clone Recipes, more
"This was Paula gs recipe that she obtained through sheer good luck . I was stationed in El Paso once upon a time. Love this recipe"
Ingredients
Nutritional
- Serving Size: 1 (302.1 g)
- Calories 508.4
- Total Fat - 24.1 g
- Saturated Fat - 14.5 g
- Cholesterol - 64.3 mg
- Sodium - 1129.4 mg
- Total Carbohydrate - 53.4 g
- Dietary Fiber - 8.6 g
- Sugars - 4.9 g
- Protein - 22.5 g
- Calcium - 579 mg
- Iron - 1.3 mg
- Vitamin C - 37.7 mg
- Thiamin - 0.2 mg
Step by Step Method
Step 1
Cook the pasta in heavily salted boiling water al dente
Step 2
Reserve 1/4 cup pasta water
Step 3
Drain well.
Step 4
While the pasta is cooking
Step 5
Melt the butter in a large saute pan
Step 6
Add in the sliced jalapenos,save some for later for garnish
Step 7
Add the sliced scallions and tomatoes
Step 8
Cook for a few minutes until onions are wilted and tomatoes warm.
Step 9
Add drained pasta and cheese, stirring to mix.
Step 10
Add the pasta water
Step 11
When cheese has melted, add the chopped basil and generous amounts of fresh black pepper, adding salt to taste.
Step 12
Sprinkle with grated Parmesan cheese and jalapeno slices for garnish.
Tips
No special items needed.