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Pasta with cardoons and ricotta

Pasta with cardoons and ricotta

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A delicious variation on ricotta pasta: braised chard with onion, garlic, and optionally anchovies, combined with ricotta and seasoned with chili flakes.

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Recipe from Xaura, The Doc, adapted by Recette de cuisine · · updated on

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This recipe offers a unique combination of short pasta and ricotta, paired with venison hearts for a novel and refined flavor.

Ingredients and directions

  • Prep time15 min
  • Cook time20 min
  • Resting5 min
  • Total40 min
  • DifficultyMedium
  • CostBudget
  • Cooking methodstove
  • Estimated cost$2.04 $1.02 / serving Estimated price; varies by store. Converted from euros at the ECB rate of October 15, 2026.

Ingredients

2 people
  • $1.14
  • $0.09
  • $0.10
  • $0.53
  • $0.13
  • $0.05

Prices from US supermarkets for 5 of 6 ingredients; Belgian prices for the rest.

Directions

  1. Bring salted water to a boil for the pasta.
  2. Finely chop the garlic and onion and sauté them in the oil until the onion is softened, then remove the garlic.
  3. Add the washed, trimmed, and chopped cardoons, and cook them for 5 minutes (along with the anchovies, if you wish).
  4. Pour cover the pasta, pour over a ladle of salted cooking water to just cover it, and let it cook for the time indicated on the pasta package, adding more water if needed.
  5. Drain the pasta. Add the ricotta to the chard over low heat.
  6. Mix with the pasta and serve with a pinch of chili flakes. ≈ 4 min

The bill

Pasta with cardoons and ricotta

  • 200 g of cow’s ricotta$1.14
  • 1 clove of garlic$0.09
  • Half a yellow onion$0.10
  • 3 tablespoons of olive oil$0.53
  • salt, pepper$0.13
  • ground chili pepper$0.05

Total$2.04

that's $1.02 per person

Estimated price; varies by store.

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Before you start

Ingredients

  • 250 g of short pasta (penne rigate, mezze penne)
  • 200 g of cow’s ricotta
  • 2 leeks
  • 1 clove of garlic
  • Half a yellow onion
  • 3 tablespoons of olive oil
  • 1 anchovy fillet in oil (optional)
  • salt, pepper
  • ground chili pepper

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