Lambrusco Double Meat Sauce Recipes

LAMBRUSCO DOUBLE MEAT SAUCE

Steps:

• Take red onion and garlic, along with one tablespoon of the olive oil and sweat in a pan over medium to medium high heat for about five minutes. There can be a bit of color but don't burn the garlic.
• While this is going on take the ground beef and the ground pork and mix them together with the Italian Seasoning, Basil, one tablespoon of the Garlic Powder, Red Pepper Flakes, Pepper, and about one tablespoon of the Salt.
• Once the meat is well mixed with the seasoning add it to the pan with the onion and garlic and cook until meat is well done.
• While the meat is cooking rough dice up four Roma Tomatoes and make sure to get any of the seeds and juices into a bowl with the diced tomatoes. Then take the one Hothouse Tomato, just it in half and crush it over the diced Romas making sure to break up the skins. Once everything is chopped add one tablespoon of salt and garlic powder along with one tablespoon of olive oil and one tablespoon of Italian seasoning. Mix well.
• Once meat is well done, take out of the pan and drain off half of the excess fat then transfer all of the meat and onions into a slow-cooker, TURNED OFF.
• In the pan used to cook the meat, take off the heat and add the Lambrusco to the pan. Once into the pan, place on high heat and add in the tomatoes, and the sugar. Place a lid onto the pan and let simmer for about twenty minutes.
• Around the half way point of the wine reducing add a slurry mixture made of one tablespoon of flour and one tablespoon of milk mixed together and stir inches
• Once the sauce is thickened and the tomatoes have been reduced take mixture and add to slow-cooker and stir with meat. Add in one Cinnamon Stick and turn on low heat for 2-4 hours. Serve with either flour or whole wheat pasta.

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.

2 MEAT 2 SAUCE LASAGNA

Steps:

• (Do this a few days before you are serving if possible) take the chicken, olive oil, some Italian seasoning, and 1/2 a clove of garlic (raw and chopped) and put it all in the ziplock bag (you can cut up the chicken now -- I didn't think to do it than but it might be smarter) seal the bag give it a shake and put it in the fridge.
• Day before you serve the lasagna, in the morning take off the sleeves off the sausage and roast the rest of the garlic.
• Add a few bulbs of roasted garlic chopped up to the de-sleeved sausage and add some olive oil and some Italian seasoning -- let it sit in the fridge covered til your ready for it.
• Empty the sauces into different pans (red in one white in another).
• Let the sauces reduce on the stove.
• Start cooking the meats in frying pans than add them to there sauce (red gets Italian sausage white gets chicken).
• Add egg to ricotta cheese.
• Boil the noodles.
• Grease the pan with butter.
• Put down a layer of noodles (3 noodles across the bottom should work).
• Flip a coin to choose which sauce you start with.
• If you start with red sauce, spoon a layer of sauce on the noodles.
• Put some mozzarella on top and put the next layer of noodles on.
• For white sauce, pour some of the sauce on (evenly distribute meat).
• Then spoon on some ricotta cheese and put the next layer of noodles on.
• Alternate red and white sauce steps till you fill the pan. (I topped mine with red sauce).
• Put some foil over it and put it in the fridge overnight.
• Day of --.
• Preheat oven to 350°F.
• Remove foil and put toothpicks in and make a "tent" out of foil so the cheese doesn't stick.
• Cook covered (tented) for 45 minutes, then remove tent and cook another 15 minutes.
• Remove from oven let it cool and enjoy.
• Freeze leftovers.