Rigatoni with Meat Sauce

1 lb ground beef

1small onion diced

1 bell pepper diced

1 cubanel pepper diced

1 banana pepper diced

1 large garlic clove chopped

1 15 oz can tomato sauce

1/4 cup red wine

1 Tbl Veal demi-glace

1 tsp Italian Seasoning (more or less to taste)

Olive Oil

Salt & Pepper

Parsley 1/8 cup

Basil 8 leaves (torn)

1/2 lb Mezzi Rigatoni (cooked to al dente) (reserve 1/2 cup pasta water)

Instructions

Place 2 tablespoons of oil in a medium sauce pan and sauté onions, peppers & garlic. Season lightly with salt & pepper. Once onion is translucent deglaze with red wine and add demi-glace. Stir in tomato sauce and Italian seasoning, salt & pepper to taste. Simmer for 30 minutes and then puree with immersion blender (food processor, blender).

While sauce is simmering brown ground meat in separate season with salt & pepper. Drain

After sauce is pureed add cooked ground meat to pan and continue to simmer. Right before you add meat sauce to add parsley and basil to sauce. Once rigatoni is cooked and drained return to pan and add meat sauce, still well.

Serve with ricotta salata cheese or parmesan cheese.