Amazing Dinner! Compliments to the server and the chef at BELLABRAVA.
I had the Wild Boar Ragu with asiago polenta, fresh herbs, pecorino. It was spot on. Shogun Farms provides the Wild Boar. I’m proud of our team who catches and cares for these animals to make sure they humanely make it to the kitchen of such great chefs. We have spent several years perfecting our wild hog meat and great to see others enjoying our product!
It was an honor to have James Beard Foundation Award winner Chef Art Smith feature our Wild Boar on the menu at their recent Cheers, Queers 2019! event in New York. Chef Art is a Florida native and well known celebrity chef who has created some wonderful recipes using our Wild Boar like the Shogun Farms Wild Boar Ragu with Homemade Pasta he served at the James Beard House.
Our Wild Boar was served along side of many other talented and creative chef’s dishes at the JBF event supporting Pride Month in NY. This has been an exciting experience for us to see our wild boar on the table at the James Beard House, and even equally exciting that Chef Art enjoys creating recipes with it to share with the best of the best!
You can learn more about the amazing charitable work done by the James Beard Foundation at this link and all that they do to support the culinary arts. Shogun Farms particularly appreciates their mission and dedication to American food culture, because food is definitely something that can bring us all together!
Photos: Jeff Gurwin
Ingredients
Marinade:
5 Cups of Good Italian White Wine
2/3 Cups of Olive Oil
6 Whole Garlic Cloves
2 Sprigs of Chopped Fresh Rosemary
1 Tsp of Fresh Ground Black Pepper
1 Tbsp of Kosher Salt
Ragu:
1 lb of Shogun Farms Wild Boar
1 Cup of finely chopped Sweet Onion
1 Cup of finely chopped Carrot
1 Cup of finely chopped Celery
10-12 Cherry Tomatoes
2 cloves whole garlic
1/2 Tsp chili flakes
3/4 bottle of Good Italian White Wine
1 Tbsp of Fresh Rosemary
Salt
Fresh Ground Black Pepper
Olive Oil
All-Purpose flour for dredging
3/4 Lb of Fresh or Dried Tagliatelle
Grated Parmigiano Reggiano cheese
Directions
Marinade:
Combine all the ingredients for the marinade in a bowl and whisk until all incorporated. Chop boar butt or fatty boneless chops into small cubes and combine in an air-tight container or zip-lock bag and marinate in the refrigerator of at least 24 hours.
Preheat oven to 250 degrees
In a large Dutch oven, on medium-high heat, coat bottom pot with olive oil. Add garlic cloves and chili flakes, sauté for 3-4 minutes. Dredge marinated boar pieces in flour and add to oil, lightly brown and remove from Dutch oven and set aside on a plate. Heat more olive oil and add carrots, onion and celery. Sauté till translucent, add salt, pepper and rosemary. Add browned boar back into the Dutch oven, pour over wine, add tomatoes, cover and slow cook in the oven for 1 hour and 15 minutes. Remove from oven and set aside
In a large pot of boiling water, add 1 Tbsp of salt. Add pasta and cook for 4-5 minutes for fresh pasta. For dried pasta, follow cooking instructions on package. Remove and from water and set aside 2 cups of pasta water.
In a large sauté pan with the Ragu heated on medium high heat, add the cooked pasta and toss, slowly add some of the set aside pasta water to the pasta mixture to loosen the Ragu and to bind the sauce to the pasta add some Parmigiano cheese and toss for 2-3 minutes. Plate, garnish with some more Parmigiano, and serve.
Serves 4-6
Cook Time: 1 hr 45 mins
Prep Time: 30 minutes
Marinate: Over-Night
Recipe Courtesy of Chef Adrian De Berardinis
