TODAY on MHTV: I’m letting you in one of my biggest cooking secrets: Mortadella, the cured Italian deli meat with pistachios, adds so much flavor to meat sauce, it’ll taste like it’s been cooking forever. (It does wonders for meatloaf too.) I’m serving this rapid ragu with rigatoni and shaved and steamed broccoli on the side, plus make-ahead mocha panna cotta for dessert. More from the show.

Get the recipes from this episode:

Rigatoni with Rapid Ragu

Kris’s Shaved and Steamed Broccoli

Mocha Panna Cotta

Get the recipes from the 11:30 a.m. ET show: Asian Inspired Menu

Watch ”Mad Hungry with Lucinda Scala Quinn” Mondays at 11:00 a.m. ET/10:00 a.m. CT, Tuesdays through Fridays at 11 a.m. ET and 11:30 a.m. ET on Hallmark Channel.

4 Comments
  • Ray
    April 7, 2012 at 10:23 am

    Love your rigatoni dish very much.

    Ray

  • Della Wilson
    April 7, 2012 at 2:42 pm

    The picture of your grandparents in the back of one of your cook books are my grandparents! Happy Easter! Della c# 443 235 4719

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