Quick Meat Sauce For Pasta Recipes

PASTA WITH QUICK MEAT SAUCE

Steps:

• Cook the pasta according to package directions.
• Meanwhile, heat the oil in a large skillet over medium heat. Add the onion, season with 1/2 teaspoon each salt and pepper, and cook, covered, stirring occasionally, 5 minutes. Add the carrot, celery, and garlic and cook, covered, stirring occasionally, until they begin to soften, about 4 minutes more.
• While the vegetables cook, combine the beef and wine in a medium bowl; break up the beef with a spoon.
• Add the beef mixture to the vegetables, increase the heat to medium-high and cook, breaking it up with a spoon, until the liquid has evaporated and the meat begins to brown, about 3 minutes. Stir in the red pepper, cinnamon, and nutmeg.
• Add the tomatoes to the skillet and simmer until the mixture is slightly thickened, about 3 minutes. Stir in the parsley and toss with the pasta.

EASY MEAT SAUCE

Steps:

• Heat olive oil in a large skillet over medium-high heat; saute onion in hot oil until softened, about 5 minutes. Season onion with Italian seasoning; continue to saute until the herbs are fragrant, about 3 minutes more.
• Break beef into small pieces and add to the skillet; cook and stir until browned and crumbly, 5 to 7 minutes.
• Stir tomato sauce and diced tomatoes into the beef mixture; season with salt, place a lid on the skillet, reduce heat to low, and cook at a simmer for 1 hour.
• Splash wine over the mixture, stir, and simmer until thickened, about 20 minutes.

BASIC MEAT SAUCE

Steps:

• Heat oil in a large skillet over medium-high heat. Add onion, garlic, salt, and pepper. Cook until softened, 3 to 5 minutes.
• Add beef and cook, breaking up with a spoon until no longer pink, 4 to 5 minutes. Add tomato paste and cook 1 to 2 minutes.
• Add tomatoes and juice, breaking up tomatoes. Simmer over medium heat until thickened and saucy, 45 to 60 minutes. Season with salt and pepper, to taste.

PASTA AND EASY ITALIAN MEAT SAUCE

Steps:

• Heat butter and oil in a large saucepan over medium. Stir in carrot, onion, and garlic. Add ground beef, and cook until it turns from pink to brown, about 5 minutes.
• Add tomatoes and their liquid, crushing them with the back of a large spoon. Stir in milk, bay leaf, thyme, nutmeg, 1/2 teaspoon salt, and 1/8 teaspoon pepper. Simmer 20 minutes.
• Meanwhile, in a large pot of boiling salted water, cook fettuccine until al dente according to package instructions, about 12 minutes. Reserve about 1/2 cup of the cooking water; drain fettuccine, and return to the warm pot. Add meat sauce, and toss. Add pasta water as needed if the sauce seems dry. To serve, sprinkle with Parmesan.

PASTA WITH CHEESE AND MEAT SAUCE

Steps:

• Cook pasta in a large pot of boiling water according to package directions. Drain well. Leave some water, you might need to use it in the sauce.
• Prepare the sauce while the pasta is cooking.
• Put ground beef in a large pan and start to cook it covered over the lowest heat. Let it release its juice. Bring it to medium high heat and continue cooking uncovered. Stir occasionally.
• Pour in olive oil and add in chopped onion when there is amost no juice in the pan.
• Add in tomato paste, pureed tomatoes, garlic and jalapeno. Let it simmer for 10 minutes. Season with black pepper, red pepper flakes and salt. Stir and cook until it gets thick. If you think it's too dry, add some water in which you boil the pasta.
• Remove from heat and add in shredded mozzarella. Stir well.
• Toss in the cooked pasta and serve immediately.

PASTA WITH 15-MINUTE MEAT SAUCE

Steps:

• Cook pasta in a large pot of boiling salted water, stirring occasionally, until al dente; drain and transfer to a large bowl.
• Meanwhile, process onion, celery, carrot, and garlic in a food processor until finely chopped.
• Heat oil in a large skillet over high. Add chopped vegetables, beef, and pork and cook, breaking up with a spatula, until meat is beginning to brown, about 3 minutes. Stir in tomato paste, oregano, 3/4 tsp. salt, and 1/2 teaspoon pepper; cook, stirring occasionally, until heated through, about 1 minute. Add wine and cook, stirring constantly, until reduced by half, about 1 minute more. Stir in tomato sauce, reduce heat to medium, and simmer until sauce is slightly thickened, about 4 minutes.
• Remove from heat, then stir in butter. Toss meat sauce with pasta, top with Parmesan, and season with pepper.
• Do Ahead
• Let sauce cool, then chill in an airtight container for up to 3 days or freeze for up to 2 months.

SPAGHETTI WITH QUICK MEAT SAUCE

Steps:

• Cook the pasta according to the package directions.
• Meanwhile, heat the oil in a saucepan over medium heat. Add the onion, carrots, and garlic and cook, stirring occasionally, until soft, 8 to 10 minutes.
• Increase heat to medium-high. Add the beef, salt, and pepper and cook, breaking up the meat with a spoon, until no longer pink, 4 to 5 minutes.
• Add the tomatoes and simmer, stirring occasionally, until sauce slightly thickens, about 5 minutes. Stir in the parsley.
• Serve the pasta with the sauce and sprinkle with the Parmesan.

BEST EVER MEAT SAUCE

Steps:

• Heat saucepot over medium-high heat and cook ground beef, garlic, basil, oregano and kosher salt until browned, stirring occasionally.
• Add red wine and cook 1 minute.
• Stir in crushed tomatoes, water and sugar.
• Bring to a boil. Reduce heat to medium-low and simmer, uncovered, until sauce has thickened, about 25 minutes, stirring occasionally.
• Serve over pasta, zucchini noodles and/or on pizza dough.

QUICK AND EASY SPAGHETTI SAUCE

Steps:

• Brown the Italian sausage, onion and garlic in a large pot or dutch oven over medium heat, breaking up the meat with a wooden spoon as it cooks.
• Stir in the crushed tomatoes, diced tomatoes, tomato paste, water, italian herbs and sugar. Bring the mixture to a light boil and reduce heat to a simmer.
• The longer you let the mixture simmer the more flavorful it will become. Simmer at least 10 minutes. Serve over freshly cooked pasta or in lasagna. Enjoy!

QUICK MEAT SAUCE FOR PASTA

Steps:

• In a medium sauce pot, heat the oil until shimmering. Add the mushrooms, onion, and celery, and cook until the onions go clear and the vegetables are tender, about 7 minutes.
• Add the turkey and brown it, breaking it up with the back of a spoon, about 5 minutes.
• Stir in the tomato sauce, basil, tomato paste, spice mix, and enough water to achieve the consistency you prefer. Simmer for 10 minutes.
• Serve over hot pasta or spaghetti squash.

SPAGHETTI WITH QUICK MEAT SAUCE

Steps:

• Bring a large pot of water to a boil. Cook pasta until just tender, 8 to 10 minutes or according to package directions. Drain.
• Meanwhile, heat oil in a large skillet over medium heat. Add onion, carrot and celery and cook, stirring occasionally, until the onion is beginning to brown, 5 to 8 minutes.
• Stir in garlic and Italian seasoning; cook until fragrant, about 30 seconds. Add beef and cook, stirring and breaking up with a spoon, until no longer pink, 3 to 5 minutes. Increase heat to high. Stir in tomatoes and cook until thickened, 4 to 6 minutes. Stir in parsley and salt.
• Serve the sauce over the pasta, sprinkled with cheese.

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.

PASTA WITH MEAT SAUCE

Steps:

• Heat a large saucepan over medium heat and add the oil. When hot, add the meat and cook, without stirring, until browned, 3 to 5 minutes. Break it up with a wooden spoon, then add the onion and garlic and cook, stirring, until starting to soften, about 2 minutes. Add the tomato paste and cook for 2 to 3 minutes. Add the wine and bring to a simmer. Add the crushed tomatoes and oregano and season with salt and pepper. Simmer until thickened and the flavors come together, about 1 hour.
• About 20 minutes before the sauce is done, bring a large pot of water to a boil and salt liberally. Drop in the pasta, give it a stir and cook until al dente according to the package instructions. Drain the pasta and add it to the sauce. Remove from the heat, toss in the cheese and serve.

PASTA WITH QUICK & DELICIOUS MEAT SAUCE

Steps:

• Cook onions in olive oil until soft.
• Add ground beef and garlic; continue cooking until beef is no longer pink
• Drain most of the fat from the pan.
• Add crushed tomatoes, diced tomatoes, basil, oregano, salts, pepper and sugar.
• Cover and simmer for about 15 minutes, stirring occasionally.
• Uncover and simmer for 5 minutes.
• Add chunks of neufchatel cheese to the pan and stir until the cheese melts.

PENNE PASTA WITH MEAT SAUCE

Steps:

• Cook pasta according to package directions; drain well. Return to hot pan and cover to keep warm.
• In a very large skillet, cook ground chuck and onion until meat is brown. Drain off fat.
• In a blender or food processor, combine the undrained tomatoes, tomato paste, tomato juice, sugar, oregano and pepper. Cover and blend until smooth.
• Stir tomato mixture into meat mixture in skillet. Bring to boiling; reduce heat. Cover and simmer 10 minutes.
• Stir in cooked, drained pasta. Cover and heat through. Sprinkle individual servings with mozzarella cheese.