Skillet Pasta with Ground Meat and Turmeric

Cooking method

1. Step 1:

   

   To make this tasty pasta-and-meat dish for 4 servings, you'll need: 300 g (about 10 oz) pasta, 250 g (about ½ lb) ground meat — a blend is best — 2 small onions, 2 tablespoons vegetable oil for frying, 2 tablespoons tomato paste, and salt to taste. This navy-style pasta takes just half an hour to make.

2. Step 2:

   

   Cut the onions into quarter-rings.

3. Step 3:

   

   Add the chopped onion to a deep skillet with the vegetable oil already heated. Fry the onion over medium heat, stirring, for about five minutes.

4. Step 4:

   

   While the onion cooks, put a pot of water on the stove for the pasta.

5. Step 5:

   

   While the pasta water heats up, get the meat going. After five minutes, add the ground meat to the onion.

6. Step 6:

   

   As it cooks, first break up the meat well with a fork so it turns crumbly, then fry, stirring, over medium heat for 8 minutes.

7. Step 7:

   

   While the meat fries, add the pasta to the now-boiling water, stir in a teaspoon of salt, and cook over low heat for 5 minutes — no longer.

8. Step 8:

   

   Meanwhile, stir the tomato paste into the meat and season with salt.

9. Step 9:

   

   Mix the meat with the tomato paste and cook for another 5 minutes or so.

10. Step 10:

    

    Drain the pasta in a colander and rinse it with cold water.

11. Step 11:

    

    Then add the pasta to the skillet with the meat.

12. Step 12:

    

    Stir the pasta together with the meat and tomato paste.

13. Step 13:

    

    Cover the skillet with a lid and cook for another 7 minutes over the lowest heat.

14. Step 14:

    

    After 7 minutes, turn off the heat and remove the lid. Your navy-style pasta with ground meat and tomato paste is ready.