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Where’s the olive oil

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Olive Oil?

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There was enough bacon fat and butter to cook the dish. Added no other fat to the dish. You can use it if you like.

Thank you, great post. Will try this. Think the teenager would eat this too.

Needs a little Tony’s

Otherwise looks pretty good

Please adopt me

Looks good

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but, that’s Penne brother

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To your credit, it's Penne Rigate. Which refers to the raised ridges or stripes that run the length of the noodle.

Here is the deal, or at least the best story I can come up with tonight.

I looked and looked for Rigatoni which is what I wanted, for the (I think heavier is the word I want to use) pasta texture, which I thought would satisfy my craving for a pasta dense dish. The trouble was I couldn't find any - anywhere, or at least at the Kroger stores I looked in.

Eventually (in the third Kroger) I found the brand I bought, which is a brand I had never purchased as a substitute with thick walls and what I figured would be a heavier pasta taste. Kept it in the cabinet for about a month and then used it today. My failure to find rigatoni zipped right my me.

The dish was excellent. I will definitely do it again. Maybe with rigatoni next time.

Funny thing is, I think we have a rigatoni fixture on the pasta attachment for our Kitchenaid mixer.

I hate mushrooms and this still looks incredible. I can almost taste it through my phone screen. Well done, once again.