Est. 1937 - When the hungry Sicilian met the passionate Calabrese.

Ingredients:

• 12” Cast Iron Skillet

• 2 Chicken Quarters, Skin On

• 1-2 Stalks Fresh Sage

• 1/2 cup Extra Dry Vermouth Wine

• Salt + Pepper to taste

• 1 jar Lagana & Cerrillo Marinara Sauce

• 3 tbsp. Butter

• Preferred Starch (Potato, Rice, Pasta)

Directions:

Place cast iron skillet on the stove on medium to high heat. Preheat bake/convection oven 400 deg F. Season chicken quarters with salt and pepper and place skin side down in hot cast iron pan. Tear leaves of Sage by hand into pieces and place between the chicken quarters. Render the fat from the chicken quarters until a crust is formed on the skin, flip the pieces. Continue to cook for two to three minutes. Add ½ cup dry vermouth and deglaze the pan, add one jar of Lagana & Cerrillo Marinara sauce. Place iron skillet in oven and cook to internal temperature of 165 deg. F.

Meanwhile, prepare your preferred starch. Our family used cut potatoes.  Cut baking potatoes into 1” chunks and place on baking sheet.  Drizzle olive oil, salt, and pepper coating the potatoes.  Place in oven and cook until fork tender.  When ready pull the cast iron skillet and potatoes. Remove the chicken from the skillet leaving the sauce liquid and plate with oven roasted potatoes.  Quickly add the knobs of butter to the skillet, stirring to a slurry consistency. Once incorporated, ladle the sauce over the potatoes and chicken. Serve.

 Let your creativity lead you.  Use this recipe as an inspiration and feel free to embellish with your own cooking style.

The Magic of Marinara™ keeping families eating together.

Ingredients

(2-3) 24 oz. Jars Lagana & Cerrillo Marinara Sauce

(1) 28 oz. can Italian Whole Peeled Plum Tomatoes – With Juices

2 lbs. Ground Hamburger

1 lbs. Italian Sausage (Sweet, Medium, or Hot) your choice

(1) Large Sweet Onion – Chopped

(3) Garlic Cloves – Chopped

(2) Celery Stalks – Chopped

(2) Carrots – Chopped

(1) Zucchini – Chopped

(1) Bell Pepper, Red, Yellow, or Green – Chopped

(1) 15.5 oz. can White Kidney (Cannellini) Beans – rinsed

Salt – To Taste

Pepper – To Taste

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Directions:

In a medium saucepan, cook the ground beef and sausage, drain excess water and rinse (optional).

Transfer to 8-quart saucepan, combine chopped onions, garlic, stirring frequently, about 2 minutes. Add

2-3 jars of Lagana & Cerrillo marinara sauce and whole peeled tomatoes with juice. Stir. Combine

remaining ingredients. Bring to a medium boil and simmer slowly stirring often for about an hour.

Notes:

If it seems too thick, add another jar of Lagana & Cerrillo marinara sauce or water.

Crock pot friendly.

Use your favorite vegetables.

Garnish with:

Fage Plain Greek Yogurt

Sour Cream

Cheddar Cheese

Pecorino Romano Cheese

Columbus Bakery Bread for dipping

• 1 24 oz. Jar of Lagana & Cerrillo Marinara Sauce
• 1lb. of ground beef, pork, veal, or lamb or a combination there of
• 2 large carrots, diced
• 1 medium/large Spanish (sweet) onion, diced
• 3 cloves of garlic, minced
• 1 cup of Chianti wine
• 2 tbsp smoked paprika
• 1 tbsp cumin
• 1 tsp butcher cut black pepper
• 1 tsp coriander
• 1 tsp chili powder
• Olive oil
• Kosher salt
• Butter
• 1 lb. Tagliatelle pasta
• Asiago Cheese

Heat a large skillet or braising pan until drops of water beads when introduced to the skillet. In a separate pot, boil water for pasta, add salt to taste. In a large heated skillet, add the oil, stir in the diced vegetables maintaining medium heat. When onions appear translucent, add meat and seasonings stirring frequently. After cooking, drain excessive grease from pan. Deglaze pan with Chianti wine, and reduce accordingly, add one jar of Lagana & Cerrillo marinara sauce stirring frequently. Cook pasta al dente, strain, add to Bolognese sauce with two tbsps. of butter, remove from heat. Stir until silky. Serve in a bowl and garnish with Asiago cheese.

• 1 Jar of Lagana & Cerrillo Marinara sauce
• 1.5 lbs. of boneless chicken thighs
• 1 Small onion
• 1 Box De Cecco Mezzi Rigatoni
• 3-4 cloves of garlic
• 1 Cup of diced Cremini mushrooms
• 1 Shallot
• 1 Roasted red bell pepper
• 1 Green bell pepper
• 2-3 pickled cherry peppers-rinsed
• 1 Italian long hot pepper
• 1 Shot vodka of your choice
• 1 Cup heavy cream
• 1 tbsp. paprika
• 1 tsp. of cardamon
• Black pepper
• 1 tsp. Mascarpone
• Olive oil
• Kosher Salt

Heat a large skillet and bring a separate pot of water to boil for the pasta. Heavily salt the pasta water resembling sea water. Trim and rough chop the chicken into bite size pieces. Roughly chop the bell peppers, long hots, onion, and remaining garlic and place on a sheet tray. Season generously with Olive oil and salt along with enough water to form a thin layer on sheet pan and roast in oven at 425 degrees for 15 minutes or until soft. Peel shallot, one clove of garlic and combine with mushrooms in a food processor creating a Duxelle. In the pre-heated skillet, combine the Duxelle, diced chicken and cherry peppers. Immediately stir in two tbsps. of olive oil along with salt, pepper, and seasonings. Be quick and avoid burning as the chicken should almost be sticking to the pan while searing. Meanwhile add the pasta to the water and cook al dente. When the chicken is 60% cooked, carefully add the vodka to avoid flame. Once the alcohol evaporates, add the roasted vegetables and Lagana & Cerrillo marinara sauce. Cook to reduce mixture for one minute. Add heavy cream returning to a light simmer. Combine the cooked pasta once ready. Add two tbsps. of butter and remove from heat, toss until silky appearance. Plate and serve with PARMESAN cheese for a soft creamy texture.

• 1 Jar of Lagana & Cerrillo Marinara Sauce
• 1-2 Heirloom tomatoes (large round tomatoes work also)
• 1 Carrot
• 2 Cloves of garlic
• 1 Poblano Pepper
• 1 Spanish onion
• 1 Red Bell pepper
• Heavy Cream
• Fresh Parsley
• Fresh Thyme
• Bay leave
• Fresh basil
• Kosher Salt
• Olive Oil

Wash and prepare the vegetables then chop into quarters leaving the skin on onions, tomatoes, carrots and peppers. Place vegetables on sheet tray, season with olive oil, salt, pepper, along with sprigs of thyme and basil leaves. Place in oven at 425 degrees for 15-20 minutes roasting ingredients until charring appears. In a large pot, warm one jar of Lagana & Cerrillo marinara sauce with bay leaf. Remove tray of vegetables from oven, transfer to food processor and puree until smooth. Remove bay leaf from sauce and stir in pureed mixture and return to simmer. Puree will thicken signaling the addition of heavy cream. Add heavy cream to your liking and simmer gently to avoid separation. After two minutes of simmering, using an immersible blender, process mixture until smooth consistency. This will naturally thicken the bisque to your desired consistency. Garnish with chiffonade* cut basil with a single drop of chili oil if desired.

*Chiffonade-meaning to cut into long thin strips.

• 1 Jar of Lagana & Cerrillo Marinara sauce
• Fresh loaf of Italian bread
• Fresh Basil
• Olive oil
• Kosher Salt
• Sundried Tomatoes
• Fresh Parmesan

At an angle, cut the Italian bread to 1” thick slices. Place slices on a sheet tray, season with olive oil and salt. Be generous with the olive oil as you want the bread to soak up the oil allowing to crisp up during grilling. Place bread slices on a grill, griddle, or cast-iron pan whichever is readily available in your kitchen. Grill the bread until leaving charred sear marks developing a flavor profile. Once toasted, place the bread on a platter and dress with Lagana & Cerrillo marinara sauce. Cover the entire top of the bread slices with the sauce, add fined chopped sun-dried tomatoes. Drizzle olive oil over the top and garnish with chiffonade basil and parmesan cheese.