OT good spaghetti sauce recipe?

Anyone have a good spaghetti sauce recipe? My aunt made
the best sauce that was sort of sweet. She died and didn't
give anyone the recipe. Her daughter has her own recipe but
she isn't offering it up. YOu guys are good at everything.
Challenge going out for the best recipe.
Taria

For bolognaise:

1 pack of cheap LIDL spaghetti (about 50p)
1 pack of LIDL mince (about £2)
1 bottle of LIDL sauce with extra mushroom flavouring (24p)

Total meal cost: about 50p per person. :-D

Ok, that's not what you're asking.

I love my home made sauce, but I don't make it often.
400g mince (good lean stuff).
2 tins chopped tomatoes.
Loads of garlic (four or five cloves).
1 large onion, at least.
1/2 tube tomato puree.
Loads of finely chopped thyme, or whatever herbs that you like are in
season.
Loads of ripped basil.

Brown the onions in a huge saucepan. I mean really brown. None of the
"caramelised" nonsense, you want them nearly burnt. In fact, I like the
burnt bits. Add the mince, brown that too. And the garlic. Add the tomato
puree. Let it cook for a min or so. Add the tins of chopped tomatoes. Add
the thyme, or any other robust herbs. Let it all boil for at least half an
hour. Add the basil (or any other soft herbs) and serve straight away with
lots of spaghetti.

I usually chuck in anything I have in the cupboard too (especially kidney
beans). Carrots, peppers, chillies, baked beads, rice, anything like that.
Sometimes it comes out more like chilli con carne, but I like that too so
it's not a problem

Oh yes, this recipe will feed my dad and myself with just a smidgen left
over, but we're hungry people! I think it should probably serve four.

Charlie.

"Taria" wrote in message
news
Anyone have a good spaghetti sauce recipe? My aunt made
the best sauce that was sort of sweet. She died and didn't
give anyone the recipe. Her daughter has her own recipe but
she isn't offering it up. YOu guys are good at everything.
Challenge going out for the best recipe.
Taria

Thank you Taria. My mother always made hers from scratch and it was sort of
sweet as well. She used home-canned tomato sauce when she could but always
put a little sugar in the sauce. I saw this and I knew exactly what kind of
sauce you were talking about I am thanking you because I then looked for
the recipe and realized I didn't have a copy either! Now I'm off to send an
emergency email to mom, I'll send you a copy when I get it if you still want
it.

kitty in phx

--
Remove "s" and "i" in email to respond.
http://community.webshots.com/user/kittykatchee
"Taria" wrote in message
news
Anyone have a good spaghetti sauce recipe? My aunt made
the best sauce that was sort of sweet. She died and didn't
give anyone the recipe. Her daughter has her own recipe but
she isn't offering it up. YOu guys are good at everything.
Challenge going out for the best recipe.
Taria

I am sure you will get some good responses. The main idea with a sweet
tomato sauce is the quality of the tomatoes that you use. If you are
starting with canned, don't buy the store brand or Hunts. For crushed
tomatoes I like to use Furman's and for tomato sauce (small can) or paste
if you don't use the tube- go for Contandina. Contandina is OK for the
crushed tomatoes, just not as sweet as the Furman's brand.

Also, for lesser quality tomatoes- use some table sugar. Also remember,
the proper use of salt will make the sauce balanced and cut acidity.
Oregano is a sweet herb while basil is not. Cook your onions to
caremelization to add further sweetness.

Good luck,

Julie
Richmond, VA

PS- it always tastes better the second day

said...
Anyone have a good spaghetti sauce recipe? My aunt made
the best sauce that was sort of sweet. She died and didn't
give anyone the recipe. Her daughter has her own recipe but
she isn't offering it up. YOu guys are good at everything.
Challenge going out for the best recipe.
Taria

Oh yeah!

Spaghetti Sauce

1 lb. ground round
1 handful chopped onions
1 handful chopped celery
1 handful chopped green bell peppers
1-2 cloves fresh garlic- finely minced

1 15 to 16 oz. can stewed tomatoes
2 8 oz. cans tomato sauce
1 sm. can sliced mushrooms (or pieces)
1 sm. can sliced ripe (black) olives
1/4 tsp. sugar
1/4 tsp. chili powder
2 Tbs. Parmesan cheese- grated

Cook meat, onions, celery, peppers and garlic until meat is done. Drain
off fat. Add remaining ingredients and simmer while pasta cooks.

Serve with green salad and Parmesan Garlic Bread- see below.

Take a loaf of French bread, slice diagonally about 1 in. thick. Spread
generously with softened butter. Sprinkle thickly with Kraft grated
Parmesan Cheese. Sprinkle sparingly with garlic powder. Place on cooky
sheet under preheated broiler until cheese bubbles and browns a bit.
YUM!!!!!

Leslie (who now knows what's for dinner tonight)

The HairyFacedOnes 'N Me- My dogs aren't my whole life...they make my
life whole.

RCTQ- Houston 2004..... A good friend will come and bail you out of
jail.... but, a true friend will be sitting next to you saying, "Damn...
that was fun!

what time do we eat???
i'll be right over, lol.
better the second day???????????
you have left overs too. OMG!!
wanna adopt me?
jeanne
only one way to make s'getti sauce is from scratch
fully house trained as well.
--
http://community.webshots.com/user/nzlstar
real reply is san-fran at ihug dot co dot nz

wrote...
| I am sure you will get some good responses. The main idea with a sweet
tomato sauce is the quality of the tomatoes that you use. If you are
starting with canned, don't buy the store brand or Hunts. For crushed
tomatoes I like to use Furman's and for tomato sauce (small can) or paste if
you don't use the tube- go for Contandina. Contandina is OK for the crushed
tomatoes, just not as sweet as the Furman's brand.
|
| Also, for lesser quality tomatoes- use some table sugar. Also remember,
the proper use of salt will make the sauce balanced and cut acidity.
| Oregano is a sweet herb while basil is not. Cook your onions to
| caremelization to add further sweetness.
|
| Good luck,
|
| Julie
| Richmond, VA

my former SIL made the BEST sauce I ever had -- Her theory (she was Greek
and her MIL was Italian) was that only a REALLY nasty Italian MIL could come
up with the perfect recipe. Actually, what I found out was that adding a
piece of pork -- like a sparerib or pork chop would sweeten the sauce
because it was a bland, neutral flavor. I even add one when I use a
commercial jar and then doctor it up with my own onion and sweet italian
sausage.

Mim


"Taria" wrote in message
news
Anyone have a good spaghetti sauce recipe? My aunt made
the best sauce that was sort of sweet. She died and didn't
give anyone the recipe. Her daughter has her own recipe but
she isn't offering it up. YOu guys are good at everything.
Challenge going out for the best recipe.
Taria

My spagetti sauce is different every time I make it depending on time and
ingrediants on hand! I have no EXACT ingrediant measurements--just add the
stuff

Ideally my sauce contains:
Ground beef (abt 1 lb) or ground turkey or Italian mild sausage, cooked
before adding to sauce, of course
onions, celery, green pepper chopped added to the cooking meat

when the kids were little, I added thin sliced carrots (to slip a veggie in
on them!) The carrots dont add to or take away from the flavor of the sauce
either

one large and one medium can of Hunts Tomato sauce; water to fill each can
fresh mushooms or a small can mushroom stems and pieces
clove or 2 of garlic chopped up
Italian seasoning
oregano
a smidgen of red pepper
a can of Italian tomatoes
then cook for an hour or 2 (or more), add more water as needed; the sauce
thickens the longer you cook it

add a can of black pitted olives cut in half, added near end of cooking time
also add some parmesan cheese to the sauce


"Taria" wrote in message
news
Anyone have a good spaghetti sauce recipe? My aunt made
the best sauce that was sort of sweet. She died and didn't
give anyone the recipe. Her daughter has her own recipe but
she isn't offering it up. YOu guys are good at everything.
Challenge going out for the best recipe.
Taria

Miriam \"Mim\" Spencer wrote:
my former SIL made the BEST sauce I ever had -- Her theory (she was Greek
and her MIL was Italian) was that only a REALLY nasty Italian MIL could come
up with the perfect recipe. Actually, what I found out was that adding a
piece of pork -- like a sparerib or pork chop would sweeten the sauce
because it was a bland, neutral flavor. I even add one when I use a
commercial jar and then doctor it up with my own onion and sweet italian
sausage.

Mim


When I made spaghetti sauce I would add pork, chicken and
beef. It seemed to make the sauce much better. I never
added sugar. If it needed to be mellower I would add
parmesan cheese.
--
Bonnie, the Quilt Lady
NJ

"The HairyFacedOnes 'N Me" wrote in message
...
Oh yeah!

Spaghetti Sauce

1 lb. ground round
1 handful chopped onions
1 handful chopped celery
1 handful chopped green bell peppers
1-2 cloves fresh garlic- finely minced

1 15 to 16 oz. can stewed tomatoes
2 8 oz. cans tomato sauce
1 sm. can sliced mushrooms (or pieces)
1 sm. can sliced ripe (black) olives
1/4 tsp. sugar
1/4 tsp. chili powder
2 Tbs. Parmesan cheese- grated


This looks quite similar to a recipe for spaghetti sauce that my brandmother
made (or at least a recipe that is in her collection of recipes). The only
change I would make is to substitute an extra can of either the mushrooms or
the olives for the bell peppers - I just don't like bell peppers in my
spaghetti sauce. I also like my spaghetti on the "al dente" side, I think
that overdone spaghetti can mess it up just as much as "bad sauce".

Once, a few years back, when I worked at a Wal-mart, the manager of the
shoe(?) department would put sugar on his sphagetti. I don't know if this
is a southern thing (the Wal-Mart was in North Carolina), or just an
eccentric taste of his.

Brian Christiansen