All About Pasta
Basic Spaghetti Sauce
Ingredients: 5-6 cloves of fresh garlic minced
4-5 tablespoons olive oil
1/2 teaspoon dried basil
1/2 teaspoon dried oregano
1 Large can tomatoes
1 teaspoon salt
1) Pour olive oil into a heavy sauce pot and on low heat saute garlic. Cook for a few minutes stirring frequently.
2) Add dried basil and oregano to garlic
3) Add tomatoes and stir
4) Then fill the empty tomato can with water and add to sauce.
5) Add salt
6) Keep on low-medium heat stirring every half-hour. Sauce should bubble a little but you don't ever want it to boil furiously.
7) Simmer sauce for at least 5 hours. You may need to add a bit more water as it cooks down.
8) BIG RULE FOR SAUCE: Don't ever let it burn! If you go to stir your sauce and it sticks to the bottom of the pan start over! It will taste bitter.
This recipe can be doubled or tripled as needed!
Lasagna
Ingredients: Prepare a double batch of sauce either same day or day before
1 box of "no boil lasagna noodles"
1 large container of ricotta cheese
1 large (biggest they've got) container of Romano or Parmesan
Basic Spaghetti Sauce
Ingredients: 5-6 cloves of fresh garlic minced
4-5 tablespoons olive oil
1/2 teaspoon dried basil
1/2 teaspoon dried oregano
1 Large can tomatoes
1 teaspoon salt
1) Pour olive oil into a heavy sauce pot and on low heat saute garlic. Cook for a few minutes stirring frequently.
2) Add dried basil and oregano to garlic
3) Add tomatoes and stir
4) Then fill the empty tomato can with water and add to sauce.
5) Add salt
6) Keep on low-medium heat stirring every half-hour. Sauce should bubble a little but you don't ever want it to boil furiously.
7) Simmer sauce for at least 5 hours. You may need to add a bit more water as it cooks down.
8) BIG RULE FOR SAUCE: Don't ever let it burn! If you go to stir your sauce and it sticks to the bottom of the pan start over! It will taste bitter.
This recipe can be doubled or tripled as needed!
Lasagna
Ingredients: Prepare a double batch of sauce either same day or day before
1 box of "no boil lasagna noodles"
1 large container of ricotta cheese
1 large (biggest they've got) container of Romano or Parmesan