Rigatoni Al Segreto – Dinner Together With A Movie

This Rigatoni al Segreto recipe was the most closely guarded cloak-and-dagger at Gino’s, 1 of New York City’s most famous Italian restaurants. It was equally legendary, equally their signature zebra-print wallpaper, in addition to it won awards equally the best carmine sauce inwards town. 

While in that place were rumors that the cloak-and-dagger constituent was butter, no 1 actually knew for sure. Once the eating seat shut inwards 2010, the recipe got out, in addition to indeed, the butter legend was confirmed. Having never been there, I was excited to receive it, but in that place was a large problem. Actually, a modest problem. The recipe called for merely a half-tablespoon of butter. Regulars knew this couldn’t hold out right, in addition to and then the recipe remained a mystery. Was it a typo? Was the one-time chef merely trolling people?

We may never bring known; had it non been for a documentary called, “The Missing Ingredient.” It’s a groovy film, but despite the name, it’s non most the butter. However, there’s a scene close the end, where the one-time chef makes this pasta for the filmmaker, in addition to it shows how much butter goes in.

He made a much larger sum than the published version, but I concluded that it was a typo, in addition to should’ve been one-half a stick of butter. So, non alone am I recommending that you lot brand this delicious sauce, but I besides actually promise you lot checkout the motion painting presently (it’s on Netflix). Enjoy!

Ingredients for 4 modest or 2 large portions:

4 tablespoons olive oil

1 loving cup diced onion

1 teaspoon salt, addition to a greater extent than to taste
2 or three cloves crushed garlic

a pinch of carmine pepper flakes (not inwards master copy recipe)

1 tin dismiss (28 oz) San Marzano tomatoes, blended smooth
1/2 loving cup H2O to rinse out the tin dismiss of tomatoes

Small handful of basil leaves, left whole or sliced merely earlier adding

1 loving cup freshly grated Parmigiano-Reggiano (about 1.5 oz past times weight), addition to a greater extent than to top

4 tablespoons butter, cubed

*8 ounces dry out rigatoni

* This recipe in all likelihood makes plenty sauce to coat 12 oz of pasta, but I similar lots of sauce.

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