Kats Meat Sauce Recipes

ITALIAN MEAT SAUCE

Steps:

• In a large heavy bottomed pot, heat the olive oil and sauté the onion until translucent. This should take 5 - 8 minutes. The longer you cook the onions, the sweeter they become.
• Add garlic and cook just until fragrant.
• Add the beef and veal (if using) and cook until it's browned. I use lean meat which means there's little fat left in the pan. I don't bother draining it. If you find a lot of fat you can remove it using a turkey baster or skim it off the top later. Don't mistake water for fat. I've found lesser grades of meat release more liquid than say Angus. If that's the case, cook and stir a few minutes and it will evaporate.
• Sprinkle in the granulated garlic, salt and pepper and stir.
• Stir in the tomato paste and cook until it loses its bright red color.
• Add the ground peeled tomatoes and the tomato puree, sugar and basil.
• Bring to a boil then lower to a simmer, stirring occasionally, until thickened about 1 hour. Taste and adjust for more salt and pepper.

KAT'S MOM'S SPAGHETTI SAUCE

Steps:

• Place sausage in a frying pan with 1/2 cup water.
• Poke a few holes on each side of the sausage with a fork so that grease will run out.
• Simmer on medium heat for 15 minutes, turning several times until sausage is no longer pink in the middle.
• Set aside to cool.
• In a big crockpot add the first eleven ingredients.
• Clean out frying pan and fry hamburger on medium heat until no longer pink.
• Use spatula to break into small pieces.
• Drain grease and add meat to the crockpot.
• Wipe out frying pan again.
• Chop onion and crush garlic cloves.
• Melt butter in frying pan and saute the onion and garlic until translucent - about 10 minutes on medium heat.
• Add to crockpot.
• Remove casings from cooled sausage and crumble sausage into the crockpot.
• Stir sauce, cover and cook about 8 hours on low.
• About 15 minutes before serving stir in the grated cheese.
• Serve over pasta.
• We like to sprinkle on more cheese and red pepper flakes and serve with a fresh salad and garlic bread.