Tomato paste?

For the holidays, I've been assigned to creating a dish my Italian step father used to make. My mom took over the tradition for the last 12 years but she passed in July.

We call it "pasta with peas" or Pasta Al Forno.

It's elbows, tomato paste, peas, mozz, ground beef with locatelli sprinkled on top.

Do I need to cook the tomato paste before I mix it with the other ingredients and bake it? If so, what do I put in it? I was thinking I would cook it in a skillet with oil and maybe some anchovie paste? I don't think they used garlic or onions.

Thanks!!

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