Name: Baked Pasta with Merguez and Harissa-Spiked Sauce
Cook time: 35 minutes
Total time: 35 minutes
Yield: 4 Servings
Ingredients: 1 teaspoon caraway seeds; 1 teaspoon cumin seeds; 1 tablespoon olive oil; 12 ounces merguez sausage; 1 medium onion, chopped; 4 garlic cloves, thinly sliced; 1 28-ounce can whole peeled tomatoes; 1 tablespoon harissa paste; Kosher salt, freshly ground pepper; 8 ounces lumaconi or other medium shells; 3 ounces feta, crumbled (about ½ cup); A spice mill or a mortar and pestle

Nicole Franzen

We stole your nonna’s ziti and took it on a self-discovery tour of Middle-Eastern flavors. Sorry—it doesn’t want to come home.

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