Signature Dish

Watch Red Hen Restaurant Make Its Signature Mezzi Rigatoni Pasta from Scratch

Host Seth Tillman heads to RED HEN, an Italian restaurant in Washington, DC's Bloomingdale neighborhood, where Chef Mike Friedman takes him through the process of making mezzi rigatoni, a fresh dry pasta with a ridged tubular shape perfect for capturing sauce. The dish comes to life in The Red Hen’s kitchen, where it's paired with a rich fennel sausage ragu, made with fennel seed and coriander.

Watch Red Hen Restaurant Make Its Signature Mezzi Rigatoni Pasta from Scratch

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