Basic Tomato Sauce Recipe

Ingredients

v  2 Tbsp olive oil

v  1/2 medium onion, finely chopped

v  1 small carrot or 1/2 large carrot, finely chopped

v  1 small stalk of celery, including the green tops, finely chopped

v  2 Tbsp chopped fresh parsley

v  1 clove garlic, minced

v  1/2 teaspoon dried basil or 2 Tbsp chopped fresh basil

v  1 28 oz. can whole tomatoes, including the juice, or 1 3/4 pound of fresh tomatoes, peeled, seeded, and chopped

v  1 teaspoon tomato paste

v  Salt and freshly ground black pepper to taste

Preparation

1 Heat olive oil in a large wide skillet on medium heat. Add the chopped onion, carrot, celery and parsley. Stir to coat. Reduce the heat to low, cover the skillet and cook for 15 to 20 minutes, stirring occasionally until the vegetables are softened and cooked through.

2 Remove cover and add the minced garlic. Increase the heat to medium high. Cook garlic for 30 seconds. Add the tomatoes, including the juice and shred them with your fingers if you are using canned whole tomatoes. Add the tomato paste and the basil. Season with salt and pepper to taste. Bring  to a low simmer, reduce the heat to low and cook uncovered until thickened, about 15min. If you want uou can push the sauce through a food mill or blend it with an immersion blender to give it a smooth consistency.

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Quick Bolognese Sauce Recipe

Ingredients

Ø  2 tablespoons butter

Ø  1 1/4 (570g) lbs ground chuck

Ø  1/2 cup (60g) finely chopped onion

Ø  1/2 cup (60g) finely chopped celery

Ø  1/2 cup (60g) finely chopped carrot

Ø  2 Tbsp tomato paste

Ø  1/2 cup (118ml) full bodied red wine (optional)

Ø  1 cup (236ml) whole milk (or low-fat milk with a tablespoon of cream)

Ø  1 cup (236ml) crushed tomatoes

Ø  Salt and pepper to taste

Preparation

1 Heat butter in a large sauté pan on medium high. Add the finely chopped onion, celery, and carrots. Sprinkle a little salt over everything. Cook, stirring occasionally, until golden, about 5 minutes. Add the tomato paste and stir to combine, cook for another minute or so.

2 Add the ground beef to the onions, celery, and carrots, breaking up the meat with a wooden spoon as you add it to the pan. Again, sprinkle a little salt over everything. Cook, stirring occasionally until cooked through, about 15 minutes.

3 Stir in the wine (if using), scraping up any browned bits from the bottom of the pan. Let this boil down by half. Stir in the tomatoes. Slowly stir in the milk. Increase the heat to bring the mixture to a simmer, then lower the heat to maintain a low simmer. Simmer uncovered about 20 minutes. Add a little water if the sauce ever begins to dry out. Add salt and pepper to taste.

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Bolognese Meat Sauce Recipe

Ingredients

Ø  2 oz. Diced pancetta, finely chopped

Ø  1 Medium Spanish onion or yellow onion, finely chopped

Ø  1 Stalk celery, finely chopped

Ø  1 Carrot, finely chopped

Ø  3 Tbsp unsalted butter

Ø  11 oz Ground beef

Ø  4 oz Ground pork

Ø  4 oz Ground Italian sausage

Ø  1 freshly ground clove

Ø  Dash of freshly ground cinnamon

Ø  1 tsp freshly ground black pepper

Ø  2 lb peeled and chopped tomatoes (or 1 28-oz can whole peeled tomatoes, packed in water)

Ø  1 cup whole milk

Ø  1/2 teaspoon sea salt

Preparation

1 Make the soffritto. Combine pancetta, onion, celery and carrot in saute pan with butter and cook over medium heat until onion turns pale gold.

2 Add the beef, pork, sausage to the soffritto, and increase the heat to high; cook until browned. Sprinkle with the clove, cinnamon, and pepper.

3 Stir in tomatoes, bring to a simmer and reduce the heat to medium. Cook over medium heat for 15 minutes. If you are using whole canned tomatoes, break them up as you add them to the sauce.

4 Add milk and season with sea salt. Then turn down the heat and simmer for 2 and 1/2 hours. Stir at least every 20 minutes. Whenever the sauce gets too dry and starts sticking to the pan, just add 1/4 cup of water and scrape up any browned bits from the bottom of the pan.

Can easily freeze for future use.

Serve with pasta

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