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Easy Dinner Idea With Lidl Italiamo Tagliatelle + Chopped Tomatoes with Peppers & Chili

1/26/2025

This is a quick little review of Lidl's brand Italiamo Fresh Tagliatelle Pasta and Chopped Tomatoes with Peppers and Chili.

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Nothing screams quick weeknight dinner quite like pasta and jarred sauce, but unfortunately the results are often underwhelming despite doing the job of filling the household bellies. :)

Italiamo Brand Tagliatelle + Chopped Tomatoes with Peppers and Chili from Lidl Portugal

With little additional effort, you may be able to elevate your easy weeknight dinner idea and if that's the case, why wouldn't you give it a shot?!

The swap out for fresh tagliatelle pasta and a quick homemade meat sauce made all the difference over here. Fortunately in Portugal fresh pasta at grocery stores like Lidl is very affordable. This package was 85 euro cents and served 2 of us perfectly.

Easy Tagliatelle with Meat sauce "Recipe":

Ingredients to make this at home:

Tagliatelle Pasta • Tomato Arrabbiata • Ground Beef or alternative • Tomato Paste • Olive Oil

In a well heated frying pan primed with oil, simply fry up your ground meat with some salt and pepper. Add a squeeze of tomato paste (the tubes are the best!!) and cook it through before adding the can of chopped tomatoes. This particular can included peppers and chili which added a nice little kick.

The fresh tagliatelle pasta needs just 3 minutes in boiling water to cook and guys, that is literally it. I did not even toss the two together, I just piled this super easy meat sauce on top of the fresh pasta, drizzled with olive oil, a little grind of crushed red pepper, a festive shake of the garlic powder and dinner was served!

Easy Weeknight Dinner - Tagliatelle with Meat Sauce + Colorful Salad

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But if you are wondering what goes well with fresh pasta and meat sauce, a salad I always a great choice.

Our colorful side salad was loaded with a combination of arugula, spinach, and iceberg with chopped red and green peppers, cucumbers, dried cranberries, sunflower seeds, and feta cheese crumbled on top. Simply dressed with olive oil and lemon juice for a light, bright touch!

COST:
Tagliatelle .85 EURO
Tomate Arrabiata .99 euro
Ground Beef 2.40 euro

WHAT DO YOU THINK?
WOULD YOU TRY making this at home?
DO YOU THINK it was A GOOD VALUE?

The ingredients for this easy pasta dish were purchased at Lidl, a grocery store in Portugal. If you're looking for information on current Cost of Living in Portugal including grocery store reviews check out these posts:

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Experiences: Cooking Homemade Mushroom Ricotta Ravioli in Butter-Sage Sauce With Master Chef Winner Luca Manfé Sponsored by Melrie Jewelry

11/18/2023

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Mushroom Ricotta Ravioli with Melrie x Chef Luca is filed under
Pasta • Egg • Italy • Experiences • Lunch • Dinner • Europe

Mericia of Melrie Jewelry generously hosted a private group cooking class with Luca Manfé.

We all met up on zoom and set out to make homemade Mushroom Ricotta Ravioli!

The class moved pretty quickly and we did a lot of simultaneous pasta rolling, cooking, and eating, so most of our pics are from making more raviolis from the rest of the pasta dough!

Step 1: Make the Pasta Dough

It's best if you can get 00 pasta flour and a ratio of 100 grams to 1 large egg is generally a good place to start. (digital kitchen scales are the best) I guess making dough is a lot about how it feels and in time you will know if you need to add a bit more flour, an extra egg, or a few drops of water to get the consistency just right. The kneading took at least 15 minutes and then we wrapped up the ball of dough and let it rest at room temperature while preparing everything else.

Step 2: Make The Mushroom Ricotta Filling

Olive oil and a ton of sliced mushrooms went in a sauté pan with salt and pepper. Shallots, thyme, and garlic were added later followed by white wine. The mixture now needed to be chopped very finely. Our class didn't all have food processors, so we did the rustic, Italian grandma style chop on alarge cutting board with a good knife. Next time I would probably just save the time and use the food processor. Now we added ricotta, fresh grated parmesan, and parsley and did a final seasoning (salt + pepper) of the filling. then added one egg to the mix and put it in a pastry bag!

Handmade Ravioli - Traveling Through Food x Melrie x Luca Manfe

Carefully sealing the pasta layers together and smoothing out air bubbles

Freshly cut home made raviolis

Step 3: Making The Ravioli

Clamp your pasta machine to your counter or table and make sure there is enough space for the dough you're rolling out! You'll want to start on the widest setting on the machine and work your way through the thinner settings. Work with a small piece of dough and keep the rest tightly covered so it doesn't dry out. You may need to add a dusting of flour in between to prevent the dough from sticking. Once the dough is rolled out, grab your pastry bag and squeeze filling along half of the dough, at least 1 inch apart. Brush pasta with whisked egg yoke and fold over the other half, carefully pressing the dough together and removing air pockets as you go. Use a cookie cutter, ring mold, or ravioli cutter to cut out each ravioli and put them on a baking sheet lined with parchment (or silpat) and sprinkled with semolina flour and cover with a kitchen towel while you keep working.

Raviolis ready to be cooked!

Step 4: Cooking The Ravioli

In a large pot with salted, boiling water, add raviolis in batches and cook until they float to the top (about 90 seconds or around 3 minutes if frozen)

Step 5: Making The Butter-Sage Sauce

In a large sauté pan, add a few tablespoons of butter, sage leaves, and a couple ladles of pasta water, bring to a simmer and season with salt. As the raviolis boil, scoop them out with a slotted spoon and add them to the sauce with some more butter and a bit more pasta water if needed.You're just going to cook them and move them around until the sauce has covered them nicely! Serve with some grated Parm!

Left over raviolis topped with bacon :p

Bonus: The Egg Filled Ravioli!

Make a dip in the filling with your thumb and try to plop in a single egg yolk. If you can seal the ravioli well and cook it just right, when you slice it open you'll get a perfect runny egg to add richness to the sauce!

Egg Filled Ravioli

Mushroom Ricotta Ravioli Ingredient List

full recipe: Chef Luca Manfé

00 flour
eggs
ricotta
your preferred mushroom
parmigiano reggiano
garlic cloves
shallots
thyme

butter
sage
white wine
parsley
semolina flour
salt
pepper
extra virgin olive oil

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Taste Test: Racconto Gnochetti - Misfits Market Review

10/1/2023

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Racconto Gnochetti, 17.6 ounces $1.99 via misfits market

Meal Idea: Dice Olli Truffle Salami and fry until crisp. Set aside. In the salami drippings, sautéed diced mushrooms. Add a can of cream of mushroom soup to make a quick sauce. Toss the cooked gnochetti with the mushroom sauce. Serve the gnochetti with shaved parmesan and crisp truffle salami!

Creamy Mushroom Gnochetti Topped w Crispy Truffle Salami

Ranking: 3/4 - it’s good, would rebuy from time to time

Ranking Key:
1 - will not rebuy
2 - it's okay, probably won't rebuy
3 - it's good, would rebuy from time to time
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Easy Dinner Idea With Lidl Italiamo Tagliatelle + Chopped Tomatoes with Peppers & Chili

Easy Tagliatelle with Meat sauce "Recipe":

Ingredients to make this at home:

Could this Be The Best Pizza In Lisbon?

COST:
Tagliatelle .85 EURO
Tomate Arrabiata .99 euro
Ground Beef 2.40 euro

WHAT DO YOU THINK?
WOULD YOU TRY making this at home?
DO YOU THINK it was A GOOD VALUE?

Lidl Portugal Reviews:

Experiences: Cooking Homemade Mushroom Ricotta Ravioli in Butter-Sage Sauce With Master Chef Winner Luca Manfé Sponsored by Melrie Jewelry

Step 1: Make the Pasta Dough

Step 2: Make The Mushroom Ricotta Filling

Step 3: Making The Ravioli

Step 4: Cooking The Ravioli

Step 5: Making The Butter-Sage Sauce

Bonus: The Egg Filled Ravioli!

Mushroom Ricotta Ravioli Ingredient List

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Thanks, Melrie Jewelry!

Chef Luca's Cook Book
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Easy Dinner Idea With Lidl Italiamo Tagliatelle + Chopped Tomatoes with Peppers & Chili

Easy Tagliatelle with Meat sauce "Recipe":

Ingredients to make this at home:

Could this Be The Best Pizza In Lisbon?

COST:Tagliatelle .85 EUROTomate Arrabiata .99 euroGround Beef 2.40 euroWHAT DO YOU THINK?WOULD YOU TRY making this at home?​DO YOU THINK it was A GOOD VALUE?

Lidl Portugal Reviews:

Experiences: Cooking Homemade Mushroom Ricotta Ravioli in Butter-Sage Sauce With Master Chef Winner Luca Manfé Sponsored by Melrie Jewelry

Step 1: Make the Pasta Dough

Step 2: Make The Mushroom Ricotta Filling

Step 3: Making The Ravioli

Step 4: Cooking The Ravioli

Step 5: Making The Butter-Sage Sauce

Bonus: The Egg Filled Ravioli!

Mushroom Ricotta Ravioli Ingredient List

Shop Related Products:

Thanks, Melrie Jewelry!

Chef Luca's Cook Book ​My Italian Kitchen

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COST:
Tagliatelle .85 EURO
Tomate Arrabiata .99 euro
Ground Beef 2.40 euro

WHAT DO YOU THINK?
WOULD YOU TRY making this at home?
DO YOU THINK it was A GOOD VALUE?

Chef Luca's Cook Book
My Italian Kitchen

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