Homemade Pici with "Meat"

Pici is this super simple pasta to make, quickly and without any equipment. It comes from Tuscany, Siena to be specific, and I think it's really cool! When I was a teenager, we went to Tuscany for the first time with my parents, and after that, I bought a Tuscan cookbook 😅😍 Inside, there were a few recipes that I didn't really feel like trying, like bread soup, haha...(I'm sure it's great, but on paper, I'm not ready, ok?). But there were also pici! By the way, I believe these fresh pastas there are never made with eggs, good to know for your next trip to Siena💕 If you've never made homemade pasta, and want to try, you should start with this one: no need for a pasta machine, no utensil required and it's not very long! It's like play-dough level haha, so even, it can be a family activity! For the sauce, here, I decided to make a quick "al carne" sauce with homemade veggie mince, which I'm going to talk about in the recipe. And a banana pepper. It's very mild, it brings freshness, I loved it 😍