Spaghetti and Meat Sauce

Spaghetti and Meat Sauce!  Who doesn’t like Spaghetti?  This recipe is an old recipe that I have experimented with over the years and the Captain likes this version.  I hope you do too.  I am sure you have the ingredients in your pantry but here is a photo of what I am using.  

I assembled the ingredients of ground beef, onion, garlic, basil, seasonings, olive oil, tomato paste, mushrooms, spaghetti, butter, grated parmesan and parmasan reggiano!  I like to use both.  There is nothing better than fresh cheese is there?

This is the chopped onions, basil and mushrooms and of course garlic powder. Easy peasy to prepare.  I like to grow my own basil in my little herb garden….and my friends and family like to snip off a few leaves when they visit.  I like that they do that because it helps to cut or snip basil before it goes to seed.

I like to serve this with a lettuce wedge and chopped tomatoes, red onion and cucumber.  So yummy.

Blessings Always

“For sin shall not be your master, because you are not under law, but under grace.”  —Romans 6:14

Spaghetti and Meat Sauce

2014-02-05 11:17:36

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Ingredients

1. 1 pound ground beef
2. 1 medium chopped onion
3. 2 tablespoons chopped basil
4. 1 large can of diced tomatoes (I use the boxed Pomi tomatoes)
5. 3 Tablespoons tomato paste
6. 1 tablespoons oregano
7. 1/2 teaspoon garlic powder
8. 1 teaspoon Italian seasoning
9. 2 garlic cloves minced through grater or garlic press
10. 2 Tablespoons butter
11. 1 pound of dry spaghetti
12. 1 cup of sliced mushrooms
13. 2 tablespoons olive oil
14. parmesan reggiano to taste

Instructions

1. Heat olive oil in a large skillet over low heat, (I use cast iron skillet).
2. Add onion and saute with garlic until onion is transparent.
3. Stir in butter and increase heat to medium
4. Brown beef until no longer pink.
5. Add 1 teaspoon salt, chopped or sliced mushrooms and the chopped basil
6. Lower heat and stir for about 3 minutes.
7. Add tomato paste and tomatoes to the meat mixture
8. Simmer over very low heat for about 2 hours, stirring occasionally.
9. Bring a large pot of water to a vigorous boil with 3 tablespoons salt and 1 teaspoon olive oil.
10. Add spaghetti into water holding on to ends until strands soften a bit.
11. Cook over high heat for 7 to 8 minutes only. When properly cooked, raw taste should be gone but still have a firm texture. I use a spaghetti pot which helps in not overcooking the pasta. It can drain which stops the cooking.
12. When ready to serve, place a good portion of cooked spaghetti on a plate and top with the meat sauce
13. Add chopped parsley and freshly grated parmesan reggiano cheese.

By Kari

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