Old Italian Smokey Spaghetti Sauce Recipes

BEST EVER SPAGHETTI AND MEAT SAUCE

Steps:

• Heat a large dutch oven pot over medium high heat.
• Add the ground beef and cook until almost completely browned, breaking it up with a wooden spoon.
• Turn the heat to medium and add the onions, garlic, salt and pepper (to taste), parsley, basil, oregano and thyme. Saute with the beef until the onions are soft and translucent.
• Add the wine and allow the liquid to evaporate while stirring the mixture regularly so the meat absorbs the flavour of the wine.
• When the wine has almost evaporated, add the crushed tomatoes and stir to combine.
• Cover and let simmer on medium-low heat for at least 30 minutes, or up to 2 hours (turn the heat to low if you plan to simmer for a long time). Stir regularly to ensure the sauce cooks evenly.
• Prepare the pasta according to the package directions, cooking it in salted water for best results.
• Serve the sauce over the pasta with a sprinkling of fresh parsley (if desired) and freshly grated parmesan cheese.

OLD WORLD ITALIAN SPAGHETTI SAUCE

Steps:

• In a large stockpot on low-med heat add your olive oil and saute your onions for about 4 minutes,then add your crushed garlic,cook for 2 minutes longer. Then add your water,and tomato products. Be sure to mix everything very well.Add in your spices,and cheese. cook for 2 1/2 hours covered.Then add in your wine, and cook 30 minutes longer. Sauce will be thin on first day.Also if you use meat it will alter thickness.The second day this turns into a nice thick sauce.

SPAGHETTI WITH MEAT SAUCE - AUTHENTIC ITALIAN STYLE

Steps:

• In a large non-stick sauce pot, heat 1 Tbsp olive oil over medium high heat. Crumble ground beef into pot (approximately 1 inch pieces). Brown beef, stirring occasionally (I was always taught to stir constantly but this makes your beef gray, let it brown on bottom and only stir occasionally) and breaking up beef as you stir, until cooked through. Drain ground beef, reserving 1 Tbsp fat in pot. Place browned beef in a food processor and pulse until finely ground, about 10 - 15 seconds, set aside.
• Saute carrot and onion in reserved fat over medium high heat until golden, about 4 minutes, adding in garlic during the last minute of sauteing. Remove from heat (this will reduce splattering) and stir in 2 cans crushed Roma tomatoes, remaining 3 Tbsp extra virgin olive oil, basil, parsley, rosemary, thyme, oregano, marjoram, sage, bay leaves, salt, pepper and browned beef. Return pot to low heat and simmer uncovered, 5 - 8 hours (yes minimum of 5 hours), stirring occasionally.
• Add broth to sauce to thin sauce if desired (at about 4 hours sauce will be pretty thick so if you want it any thinner just add broth to desired consistency. Also, once it reaches the thickness you want you can cover it with a lid to reduce further condensation). Remove bay leaves and serve sauce warm over pasta garnished with grated cheeses and additional chopped fresh parsley or basil if desired.
• Recipe Source: Cooking Classy

SPAGHETTI WITH SPICY TOMATO OLIVE SAUCE

Steps:

• Cook olives, garlic, and red pepper flakes in oil in a 12-inch nonstick skillet over moderate heat, stirring, until garlic is golden, about 2 minutes. Stir in tomatoes and salt and simmer, stirring occasionally and breaking up large pieces of tomato, until sauce is slightly thickened, 10 to 15 minutes.
• While sauce is simmering, cook spaghetti in a 6- to 8-quart pot of boiling salted water until al dente.
• Drain spaghetti in a colander and add to sauce. Cook, tossing, over moderately low heat until pasta is coated, 30 seconds to 1 minute.

AUTHENTIC PASTA SAUCE

Steps:

• 1. Heat 2 tbsp of the olive oil in a skillet. Add garlic and cook until fragrant - about 20 seconds.
• 2. Add onions, mushrooms, green and red peppers and saute until tender - about 6-7 minutes.
• 3. Combine sauteed veggies and all other ingredients in a soup pot and simmer for at least 90 minutes.
• 4. Serve over your favorite pasta and Enjoy!
• 5. **NOTE - you can use whole Italian tomatoes instead of crushed if you want to be more authentic but you will need to 'crush' them yourself before cooking, and you will also need to add 1 can of tomato paste to get the proper thickness.

OLD ITALIAN SMOKEY SPAGHETTI SAUCE

Steps:

• Heat olive oil over low heat in a pot large enough to hold all ingredients. Add butter and simmer until melted.
• Add onions and sauté until lightly browned.
• Add ground beef and bacon. Sauté until browned.
• Drain fat from bacon and beef. (The actual recipe says to leave the fat in, but I don't like all the extra oil and fat).
• Add garlic, parsley, bay leaf, salt, black pepper, and red pepper. Cook over low heat for 10 minutes.
• Add wine. Cover and cook for 5 minutes over low heat.
• Add tomatoes or tomato sauce, paste, and 1/2 water.
• Bring mixture to boiling point.
• Add the chopped carrot.
• Cover and cook over very low heat for about 1 hour, stirring occasionally. Sometimes my mother let it sit over low heat all afternoon.
• About 20 minutes before the sauce is ready, begin cooking pasta.
• Once the pasta is cooked reserve 1/2 cup of pasta water and drain.
• Stir in 1/2 cup of pasta water to the sauce and cook just a few minutes over low heat.
• Serve sauce over pasta.

DEFALCO'S AUTHENTIC ITALIAN TOMATO SAUCE

Steps:

• Heat the oil in a large pot over medium-high heat. Add the garlic, sausages and onions and cook until lightly brown.
• Add the crushed San Marzano tomatoes and 1/2 can water, bring to a simmer. Add the tomato puree, 1/2 can of water and simmer again. Repeat with the tomato sauce, again adding 1/2 can of water and bring the sauce to a simmer. Add the tomato paste and cook through.
• Add the basil, parsley, marsala wine, pepper, salt and sugar into the pot and stir. Simmer for 2 to 3 hours, stirring frequently.