Spaghetti with Meat Sauce
Meat Sauce
Ingredients:
1/2 lb. ground beef
10 oz. tomato sauce
6 oz. tomato puree
8 oz. stewed tomatoes
2 cloves garlic (crushed and minced)
1 Tbsp. olive oil
1 tsp. Italian seasoning
1 tsp. oregano
1/2 tsp. kosher salt
1 Tbsp. sugar
- Brown (saute) ground beef in a medium sauce pan, drain excess fat.
2. Add garlic to beef and saute until garlic is cooked through.
3. Add tomato sauce, stewed tomatoes , tomato puree and olive oil.
4. Simmer, then add salt, sugar , oregano and Italian seasoning.
5. Simmer for 10 minutes on low heat. Season to taste.
6. Need more sauce? Just add more tomato sauce and adjust seasoning.
Pasta Preparation
- In a large stock pot, bring to boil approximately 6-8 cups of water.
2. When water is at a ROLLING boil, bubbles are constantly rising and
cannot be stirred down, add pasta.
3 Cover stock pot and turn off heat, let sit for 10-15 minutes, or
until pasta is AL DENTE ( not too hard and not to mushy).
Al Dente means “to the tooth”. Pasta should have a texture when eaten.
4. Drain pasta in colander. Transfer pasta back to pot.
5. Season with kosher salt and 2 Tbsp. olive oil. Gently mix , this will prevent the pasta
from sticking together.