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Simple Italian Meat Spaghetti Sauce:

This is one of the basic and simple spaghetti sauce recipes of this site... This recipe tastes great and it is easy to do, and is very open to customization! Please feel free to add vegetables, with nice and vivid colors such as zucchini, broccoli, peppers of all colors etc... Only be careful with vegetables as timing is always important; so that they don't get over- or undercooked.

Ingredient List:

1 small Tomato Paste 5.5 oz Can
2 large cans or Diced tomatoes (or even better actual italian tomatoes)
1 Large Spanish Onion
1 pack of fresh White Mushrooms (or your favorite kind of mushroom)
2 pounds of ground lean Veal, Beef or Pork
2-3 Cloves of Garlic
Italian spices mix (oregano, basil and parsley)
5 Tbls Virgin Olive Oil
Spaghetti or Linguini Pasta

Preparations:

Dice the onion
Drain the diced tomatoes
Slice the White Mushrooms
Prepare the Garlic

Cooking Instructions:

In a medium sized skillet, drizzle virgin olive oil,
bring pan up to heat on medium setting.
first start with Mushrooms, add in and cook for 2 minutes
allow them to reduce and brown a bit
add onion and garlic saute slightly
once these steps are done add the meat. Brown the meat on medium-low setting
Add your spices, tomato paste and diced tomatoes
Add 3 Tbls of water, and 5 more Tbls virgin olive oil
Mix ingredients until well blended.
Reduce heat, cover and simmer for 20-30 min
Stirring occasionaly to prevent sticking.

Serves 4-6
Tastes great over linguine or spaghetti,
Top with some grated cheese.
enjoy your meal!

Italian Tuna and Olives Spaghetti Sauce:

This tuna and olives sauce is one of my favorite spaghetti sauce recipe because it is very
easy to do and of course delicious.  It also is a traditional italian pasta recipe from Marche,
a region of Italy, as they eat this on special occasions when catholic christianity
prescribes not to eat meat.  A delicious way to obey the rules!

Ingredient List:

3 small Tomato Paste 5.5 oz Cans
1 Large Spanish Onion
2 cloves Garlic
Virgin Olive Oil
1 pitted Green Olive jar (8 oz)
2 Cans of Tuna Flakes (8 oz)
Makes 3-5 servings

Serve over Spaghetti, linguine or your favorite italian pasta.

Preparations:

Dice the onion
Half all olives
Prepare Garlic
Drain both cans of tuna

Cooking Instructions:

In a sauce pan or skillet, pour 5 Tbls virgin olive oil, bring up to heat on a medium low setting.
Add diced onion and saute lightly,
Stir in tuna, then add green olives. Mix Well. Incorporate tomato paste, 6 Tbls more virgin olive oil
and half of a cup of water.  Blend until it has a smooth, even texture.
You can also add oregano or dried parsley to taste.

Serve on the desired pasta, I recommend also some grated
Parmigiano-Reggiano (parmesan), of course!

Enjoy your meal!

Italian Sausage with Mushrooms Sauce:

Always a favorite among spaghetti sauce recipes, easier to do than the meatball recipe found later
on this page. You can choose between hot sausage and mild ones of course, depending
how hot and spicy you want your pasta sauce to taste like.

Ingredient List:

Italian sausages, Hot Medium or Mild, as preferred
White mushrooms
2 Garlic cloves
Portobella mushrooms
Yellow onion
2 1/3 liter of diced or skinned tomatoes
Virgin Olive Oil

Serve over Spaghetti, linguini or your favorite pasta.

Preparations:

Dice the onion
Prepare the Garlic
Clean and and chop the mushrooms to preferred size
Chop the sausages down to meat balls

Cooking Instructions:

In a sauce pan or skillet, pour 3 Tbls virgin olive oil, bring up to heat on a medium low setting.
First put in the mushrooms, press in the garlic and cook them for around 3 minutes
Then put in the sausages, cook them until thoroughly cooked
Incorporate then the tomatoes and half of a cup of water. 
Blend until it has a smooth, even texture.
You can also add oregano or dried parsley to taste.

Serve on the desired pasta, I recommend also some grated
Mozzarella or Friulano...

Enjoy your meal!

Grandmother Franzia's 5 min spaghetti sauce

A specialty from California, I saved it for now...
Delicious and only 5 minutes of work, as its name implies...

Ingredient List:

4 cloves garlic, minced
2 Tbsp butter
2 Tbsp olive oil
1 (6oz) can tomato paste
1/3 cup red wine, preferably californian red
salt & pepper 1
(8oz) pkg. vermicelli or spaghetti
1 cup grated Parmesan cheese

Instructions:

On the side, boil water to cook the pasta
Cook pasta as per package instructions (less time for al dente)
In your favorite skillet, heat up Olive Oil to medium low setting
Add the butter and melt with the oil, without browning it,
Add garlic and cook for one minute,
Blend tomato paste in with the oil, mixing well until smooth,
Add red wine, and blend in with spaghetti sauce,
Add in the Parmesan cheese, stir until blended in the sauce.
Et voilà! A 5 minute delicious spaghetti sauce recipe... (not counting pasta cooking time)

Serves 2 generous portions

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