Glorias Favorite Spaghetti Sauce Recipes

FAMILY-FAVORITE SPAGHETTI SAUCE

Steps:

• In a large skillet, cook the sausage, beef, onion, celery and garlic in oil over medium heat until meat is no longer pink; drain. In a 4-qt. slow cooker, combine the diced tomatoes, tomato soup, mushrooms, tomato sauce, tomato paste, sugar and seasonings. Stir in sausage mixture., Cover and cook on low for 6-8 hours or until flavors are blended. Serve with spaghetti.

FRANK'S FAMOUS SPAGHETTI SAUCE

Steps:

• In a large skillet over medium heat, saute onions, green bell pepper and garlic in olive oil until onions are translucent and the peppers are tender. Add the mushrooms, ground turkey, basil, oregano and ground black pepper; fry stirring frequently until the turkey is done.
• Add the can of stewed tomatoes with liquid and reduce heat; simmering until the tomatoes are soft and begin to fall apart. Add the tomato sauce and stir; add tomato paste to thicken. Simmer on very low heat for about 15 minutes. Serve over you favorite pasta.

GRANDMA MAGGIO'S SPAGHETTI SAUCE

Steps:

• Heat olive oil in a large saucepan over medium-low heat, and cook and stir the onion and garlic until translucent but not browned, 6 to 7 minutes. Stir in the mushrooms and basil, and cook and stir until the basil is wilted and the mushrooms are cooked through and have given up their juices, about 10 minutes.
• Pour in the whole peeled tomatoes, and bring the mixture to a boil, stirring and chopping the tomatoes into pieces with a spoon. Pour in the tomato sauce and stir, crushing any large pieces of tomato left, and bring to a simmer. Let the sauce simmer until slightly thickened and bubbling, stirring occasionally, about 15 minutes.
• Stir the tomato paste into the sauce, and fill the empty tomato paste can with Merlot wine, stirring to dissolve any remaining tomato paste in the can. Pour the Merlot wine into the sauce, and stir well to combine. Bring the sauce back to a simmer, and stir in the salt, pepper, dried oregano, and sugar. Let the sauce simmer until the seasonings are blended and the sauce is heated through, about 3 more minutes.

LAURIE'S ABSOLUTE FAVORITE SPAGHETTI SAUCE

Steps:

• Add all ingredients, except soda in a large crock-pot.
• Cook on low for 6-8 hours, stirring occasionally.
• Add soda (to reduce tomato acid) and 1/2 cup of cheese. Stir.
• One hour before serving, make meatballs about golfball sized, dropping them into the sauce raw. The meatballs will soak up and absorb the sauce.

GLORIA'S FAVORITE SPAGHETTI SAUCE

Steps:

• Brown ground beef with onions & green pepper; drain.
• Mix in salt, pepper, cream of mushroom soup, tomato sauce, bay leaf, French's spaghetti sauce mix, and beef bouillon cube. Stir until well blended.
• Bring to a boil, reduce heat to simmer. Cook on top of stove about 1 hour.
• Remove from heat, Remove and discard bay leaf and put sauce on cooked spaghetti on dinner plate. Parmesan cheese is optional.

GLORIA'S SPAGHETTI SAUCE

Steps:

• My dad is a very good cook, and he taught me to respect well-spiced food. This is an adaptation of his recipe, and I always get compliments on it. The addition of aniseed (tastes like licorice) is the secret.1. Heat olive oil in heavy Dutch oven over medium-low heat. Add garlic and sauté for a few minutes-don't let it brown. Add onion, carrots, mushrooms, parsley, basil, oregano, aniseed, and red wine. Simmer for 10 minutes.2. Meanwhile, run the tomatoes through a blender or food processor, then add to skillet along with the tomato paste.3. Cover and let simmer 3-4 hours. Stir several times each hour. Add more wine if too thick.Food exchanges per 1-cup serving: 2 ½ VEGETABLE, trace FAT(It can be counted as VEGETABLE or BREAD. It may affect the blood sugar like Bread.)VARIATIONTo make meat sauce, use the same ingredients and directions above, but use only 1 tablespoon aniseed.1. Cut each Italian sausage into 4 pieces and brown in heavy skillet. Drain well on paper towels to cut down on grease. Wipe out skillet.2. Mix remaining ingredients into meatballs the same size as sausage pieces (approximately 1 inch in diameter) and brown in skillet. Drain well.3. Add sausages and meatballs to sauce after first hour of simmering.Food exchanges per 1-cup serving: 3 medium-fat Meat, 2 ½ Vegetable, 2 Fat or 2/3 Bread, 3 medium-fat Meat, 2 Fat

GREG'S GOOD AS GOLD SPAGHETTI SAUCE

Steps:

• Heat the oil in a large Dutch over or stock pot with heat set at medium.
• Add the diced garlic, diced onions and sliced mushroom and brown.
• Add the ground beef and Italian sausage with the skins peeled off it links.
• Crumble the meat as you are browning over a medium to medium high heat.
• Brown till there is no pink on meat.
• Add the cans Italian tomatoes, tomato puree a tomato paste and the sliced olive and mix well.
• Use a little water to clean cans and add to sauce.
• Add the dry red wine.
• Add the basil, oregano, parsley, red peper flakes, thyme, paprika, sugar, salt and bay leaf.
• Allow the spices to cook in and let simmer on medium-low heat covered.
• I normally let sauce simmer for 2 to 4 hours.
• Boil water and cook thin spaghetti per instruction.
• Remove the bay leaf Garnish the top with grated Romano or parmesan cheese.