I want to learn how to make it from scratch...I'm not interested in Prego or Ragu sauce on top of plain pasta...I want to know how you make your sauce, what ingredients do you use (ground turkey, ground beef, vegetables, spices etc.)

Thanks

My mom has a kick-ass spaghetti sauce receipe that she got from a good friend of hers who is Italian. Unfortunately, I don't have it, or I would post it here, it's yummy!

1. open cupboard
2. retrieve tin of baked beans from back
3. open tin of baked beans
4. pour contents of tin on top of spaghetti
5. et voila

3bogs said:

baked beans on top of pasta

Well...my mom's Italian and her recipe takes ALL DAY to make... but, here's one that's a bit shorter...

A few cans of tomato paste
water in each can
fresh parmesan/romano cheese
fresh ground beef/pork
fresh flat parsley leaves
(if you want...fresh basil or oregano)
chopped onion
chopped fresh garlic
pepper and salt

Brown the onion in some olive oil in the bottom of a skillet and when it's nearly translucent add the garlic...then add the meat...brown it and then drain the fat out...
add the tomato paste and water...the parsley and herbs...cook for about an hour and then add the cheese...you must keep stirring it or it will burn on the bottom.
Sorry that I don't know the amounts...I guess just add everything to taste. That's what we do.
GOOD LUCK

Here is a very quick one:

One can of crushed tomato or tomatopaste
one can of tuna (flake or pieces)
mustard

Boil the tomatopaste in a deep pan, add tuna and when it's boiling again put a spoonfull of mustard in (or more if you like). If you like you can add some black pepper too.

It takes about ten minutes to make this, and it's really good. Even my boys like it

applekisses said:

This one sounds like a winner - Thanks

THis is one of my specialties...and should only be tried by the cooks here as the amounts are not accurate. Oh and this is for a POT of spaghetti. I don't know how to make it for less people (mom only showed me one way...)

Large Can of Crushed Toms
Large Can of plain Sauce
Regular can of Sauce
Regular can of paste

seasonings...to taste
Salt
Pepper
Sugar (about a tea spoon or two to cut the tomato acid)
Crushed garlic
Italian Seasonings (blended or use oregano & Basil)

WHatever veggies you want to add but I add..(all chopped)
Onion
mushrooms
green pepper

If you like meat..add it

If you have meat..brown it
add the mushrooms and saute with meat (I season this a bit and add garlic). If no meat, just saute the shrooms.

In a large pot or crockpot...add your cans of sauce. Stir well the disolve the paste. Add seasonings. Stir. Add veggies and/or meat. Stir. Cook to a boil and simmer for at least an hour...at least.

Cook your noodles about 10 minutes after you turn off the sauce (to cool a bit).

Serve with Garlic Bread (see recipe further down)

And that's it. Prep takes the longest.

If anyone tries it, let me know what you think

aikam said:

You're welcome
make sure to not burn the garlic...it burns pretty easily...and it will turn bitter. Also, make sure to stir the sauce and scrape the bottom when you do...otherwise the bottom can burn and the sauce will be ruined.
Good luck!
let us know what you try

can't tell you...its a secret



but its famous 'round these parts!!!


my spaghetti is da 'ish!!!!

I was going to post this question, I made spaghetti two days ago.

Ok so:

Take 3 large onions and dice them real small.
Take 3 large cloves of garlic and peel and crush them,
Add onions and garlic to a large pre-heated frying pan with a good slug of quality olive oil. Add a good pinch of maldon sea salt to stop the onion browning.
Soften the ingredients and when soft tranfer to a large deep pan.
Once this is done add a good slug of red wine and allow to continue simmering.
Meanwhile fry off about 1lb of steak mince in the frying pan. Once brown add to the onions and garlic and add another good slug of red wine.
Add 3 tins chopped tomatoes
Add 1 tin whole plum toms and cut in half
Add 1 large tin tom paste
Add 1 handful of basil pref freshly chopped but dried will do
Add same of oregano
Season to taste and add more wine.
Allow to simmer and thicken for about 1/2 hr and re-season and add wine
Repeat until you have used 1 bottle of wine.
Notice the key ingredient.

Make sure you don't over cook the pasta, angel hair is good too.

Serve with fresh parmesan and a quality Chianti

Dinner anyone?

mdiver said:

Whoooo, my favourite and, I nearly missed this thread. Funkin and I had a long thread on different spaghetti sauces ages ago. The Italians don't make them so complicated, I have been making a bolognaise with minced/ground beef for years my Italian wife likes it but in her usual manner sais, “it’s nice but it’s not Italian”

SO my advice is do what the Itialians do.

Sugo

Olive Oil & Garlic in pan
One can good quality chopped toms
Sprinkle in torn fresh basil
Mix with pasta, add grated parmisan


Al la Vongole,

Clam juce and Olive oil in pan, reduce, add Clams
Mix with pasta
(THIS IS THE BEST)

Con Zuccini
Garlic, oil, in a pan
Fry chopped zucchini
Blend it, add a touch of cream
Mix with pasta

Sounds like mine, except I don't use the water, add italian tomatoes, ground beef and meat from italian sausages.

applekisses said:

PREDOMINANT,i'm italian & i think ur recipes r pretty good BUT there are some tips 4 everyone about pasta:
- always use fresh ingredients and not stuff from cans.
- 2 verify if pasta is ready 2 b eaten TASTE IT don't look at the timing on the package
- MOST IMPORTANT: find some good olive oil 2 cook everything!!!!! this is really important (but not 4 any kind of italian pasta recipe )

eklektika7 said:

I use good quality canned tomms, because the fresh ones we get here in the supermarket are SHIT, believe me the cans are better, I would love to use fresh pomodorini any day, but you just can't get good ingredients.

aikam said:

1. Stop-in at a good Italian restaurant.
2. Obtain a good table.
3. Tell the server, "Your finest spaghetti, please."
4. Wait approximately 15 minutes*, then dig-in!

*Wait-time may vary. You might want to spend the interim drinking wine, enjoying an appetizer, conversing with your company and/or smoking cigarettes (area bylaws permitting).

I usually make a basic tomato sauce.. but its damn good. I guess you could add meat and elaborate on it, but its a good starter!

Sautee garlic in about 2 tablespoons of olive oil.. until brown add a pinch of red pepper flakes

Add 1 can of crushed tomatoes (i usually use redpack) and then about 1/2 cup of water

Stir in 2 tablespoons of tomato paste and cook for about 10 minutes. Add grated cheese, salt, pepper and a dash of garlic powder (depending how garlicy you like the sauce)

stir in fresh basil about 10 minutes before serving.

Cook on simmer for about 20 minutes.. make pasta..

drain pasta and add to sauce to ensure coating well...

Plate and serve.. ENJOY!