Best Not Your Grandmas Spaghetti Recipes
NOT YOUR GRANDMA'S SPAGHETTI :)
This is my own recipe from start to finish. of course, the spaghetti sauce and paste ideas I got from watching my mom & grandma cook, but as I got older and had my own family I wanted to do something to give a little more "zing". Play with the amounts of spices and jelly, mustard & red cooking wine, add more, add less depending on how you like it. My family loves it an it beats the labels off jarred spaghetti sauce and noodles any day!!
Provided by Jacqueline Valdez @jcqulnv
Categories Beef
Number Of Ingredients 15
Steps:
- Brown, and transfer meat into a large pot, set aside. Next, dice your onion, green pepper and slice the mushroom to saute in the excess fat you got from the hamburger meat if any, if you used very lean meat then use extra virgin olive oil, sauté the onion and green pepper until onion is clear and peppers are semi-soft, mushrooms will go along with the onions and peppers. (Saute all those together.) When those are done put into a large pot with the meat.
- Next, in the big pot, add all the cans of spaghetti sauce, keep the paste for later, fire roasted tomatoes (DON'T FORGET TO DRAIN THEM FIRST!!), turn heat to med/high and bring to just as it started to bubble around the edges but not boiling, making sure you stir the pot at the bottom so nothing burns or sticks to the bottom.
- After it started to bubble around edges, reduce the heat to med./low. As it cools keep stirring paying attention to the bottom of the pot then add the grape jelly, mustard and red cooking wine and stir until all ingredients are mixed well. Cover, then lower heat to between simmer and low and let sit the flavors meld together. Making sure to stir occasionally and reduce the heat to simmer to you notice any sticking at the bottom of the pot. Let simmer for one hour!
- During the final 15-20 minutes go ahead and cook one box of spaghetti according to box directions or however, many boxed you need depending on how many people are feeding. Also, make your garlic bread/toast/knots or whet ever you decide to eat with it.
- For the big pot of spaghetti turn off heat (it will stay hot for a long time) If you notice after if has simmered that the sauce it a little to liquidy for you and you want to thicken it, add some of the tomato paste and let the melt into the sauce. (I've also used a turkey baster to drain out some of the liquid on the surface when my sauce didn't come out just the way I wanted!! We like ours THICK!)
- Don't forget to add oil to your spaghetti so they don't stick together when you cook them.
MY GRANDMOTHERS FAMOUS SPAGHETTI SAUCE
This has been passed down from my grandmother to my mother, to me, and now to my children and their families. I never measure ingredients so I will do my best to give you ingredient proportions. Don't rush this one. Let it simmer and cook down for several hours. I use my food processor to do the chopping as there is a lot of it!Freezes great so I double, and sometimes triple, the recipe.
Provided by TXOLDHAM
Categories Sauces
Time P4DT20m
Yield 6 serving(s)
Number Of Ingredients 14
Steps:
- Brown meat in 1 tablespoon olive oil. Drain well. (I rinse my meat after browning to get as much grease off as possible.).
- Chop celery, bell pepper, onions and garlic in food processor or by hand.
- Add remaining olive oil and saute vegetables until tender over medium-high heat. Return meat to the pan.
- Add remaining ingredients and add enough water to make really watery or soupy. It will cook down. Add water as needed. Simmer about 4 to 6 hours until cooks down to proper consistency for sauce.
MY GRANDMA'S SPAGHETTI SAUCE
As this old-fashioned spaghetti sauce simmers on your stove all day it will make your house smell amazing. This sauce is thick and full of meat. Fresh onions and bell peppers cook down to almost nothing but add so much flavor. There's just enough Italian seasoning added to the sauce. We chose to use one spicy sausage and one...
Provided by Stacy Hutchinson
Categories Other Sauces
Time 4h
Number Of Ingredients 15
Steps:
- 1. Brown hamburger well, drain, set aside.
- 2. Remove Italian sausage from the casing. Break sausage and brown well; drain.
- 3. In a large pot, add all the ingredients together.
- 4. Simmer for 3 hours.
- 5. Use over your favorite pasta noodles.
PIONEER WOMAN'S NOT YOUR GRANNY'S MAC & CHEESE
From Pioneer Woman's blog. I haven't made this yet but it looks positively scrumptious! Please visit her blog for some mouth-watering pictures and recipes.
Provided by GoodnPlentiful
Categories Cheese
Time 30m
Yield 4 serving(s)
Number Of Ingredients 13
Steps:
- Boil pasta until al dente.
- In a large skillet, add olive oil and saute garlic and vegetables over medium heat for a couple of minutes.
- Add in canned chilies and stir around, then turn off heat.
- Drain pasta and add it to skillet.
- Pour on cream, add cheese, then add salt and pepper to taste and stir gently.
- At the end, add 2 tablespoons butter and stir again. Check seasonings and serve.
- Serve with juicy steak, with grilled shrimp, chicken, or on its own. It'll change your life for the better.
JO MAMA'S WORLD FAMOUS SPAGHETTI
My kids will give up a steak dinner for this spaghetti. It is a recipe I have been perfecting for years and it is so good (if I may humbly say) that my kids are disappointed when they eat spaghetti anywhere else but home! In fact they tell me I should open a restaurant and serve only this spaghetti and garlic bread. In response to requests, I have posted the recipe for Recipe #28559 that uses approximately 1/2 of the sauce from this recipe. Have spaghetti one night and lasagna later! Thanks to all of you who have tried my recipe and have written a review. I read and appreciate every one of them! Chef Note: After I posted this recipe I remembered a funny incident--my dear husband usually has a nice bottle of wine handy so when I make a batch of spaghetti I just help myself to a splash of it. On one occasion, there wasn't a bottle opened, but there was a bottle sitting on the counter so I got out the corkscrew and helped myself. For some reason, the spaghetti that night was the best ever. My husband asked what wine I put in it and I showed him the bottle. He nearly fell off the chair. I had opened a rather expensive bottle he had bought to give his boss. Goes to show you--don't use a wine for cooking you wouldn't drink. You get the best results from a good wine!
Provided by SharleneW
Categories Spaghetti
Time 1h20m
Yield 4 quarts, 10-14 serving(s)
Number Of Ingredients 16
Steps:
- In large, heavy stockpot, brown Italian sausage, breaking up as you stir.
- Add onions and continue to cook, stirring occasionally until onions are softened.
- Add garlic, tomatoes, tomato paste, tomato sauce and water.
- Add basil, parsley, brown sugar, salt, crushed red pepper, and black pepper.
- Stir well and barely bring to a boil.
- Stir in red wine.
- Simmer on low, stirring frequently for at least an hour. A longer simmer makes for a better sauce, just be careful not to let it burn!
- Cook spaghetti according to package directions.
- Spoon sauce over drained spaghetti noodles and sprinkle with parmesan cheese.
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