I don't know what I expected
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I've been imagining an 'nduja and ricotta pasta, but my usual grocery store doesn't carry 'nduja. I happened to go to Fiesta Farms today (because I knew they'd have Ontario field-grown strawberries and raspberries), and on a hunch I scanned the shelves in front of their deli case, and I found exactly what I was looking for.
I put about half the little tube into a frying pan (~60g), waited for it to heat through and melt, then about a half cup of passata, and when that had reduced a little, 2-3 tablespoons of ricotta (really, just a goodly thwack of it), a little cream, and a couple of twists of black pepper. The whole sauce was done in the 10 minutes it took to get the noods al dente, which I then finished in the sauce with a little pasta water.
Except I was not prepared for the level of spice I have signed up for. Holy crow. The good news is that the flavour is excellent (smokey and rich) and the heat was actually well-balanced. It was just a lot.
I have enough to do this once more. I might try upping the cream/ricotta even further.