When we visited Italy last year we had the pleasure of visiting my husbands family (his mom's cousin and her family) and were cordially invited to have dinner with them. Everything was homemade and the meal was fabulous.
From what I knew about Italy or so I thought I knew about it this pasta sauce was not what I had expected. No basil, no garlic no fresh tomatoes?? How could that be? No pepper or other seasonings just veggies, good ground minced meat or ground meat as we call it to make a good down home easy pasta sauce. According to Lorena ,our cousin, her mom makes the sauce this way for their restaurant but at home she uses garden fresh tomatoes. See even in Italy they take short cuts.
It was very hard to say what I enjoyed the most but I definitely loved their pasta sauce. Light and slightly sweet I asked for the recipe. I'm going to try a pot this way for our sauce this weekend.
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| My copykat pasta and sauce |
It took a while for me to receive it and translating was a bit of an issue but here it is.
1 carrot chopped
1 stalk celery chopped
1/2 sweet onion chopped
1/2 tsp. sugar
1/2 lb. ground beef
1/2 lb. ground pork
3- 28 oz. cans tomato sauce(clean out cans with a little water)and add to sauce
olive oil
freshly grated Romano cheese
homemade fettuccine pasta
Link to pasta recipe:
Homemade pasta
In a large pot or Dutch oven on medium heat place approximately 4 T. olive oil. Add chopped carrots, celery and onion. Saute for around 15 minutes. Add ground meat, sprinkle a little salt too while breaking meat up into small pieces and saute slowly until all red has disappeared from meat. Add tomato sauce and sugar. Sauce will start to bubble. Cook on lower heat so not to stick covered slightly for approximately 1 1/2 hours. Buon Appetite!
Thank you Roberta Vispi and her daughter Lorena for sharing it with me.
La ringrazio tanto Lorena per avermi aiutato con la traduzione del vostro mamma ricetta. La salsa รจ ottima e ho pubblicato la ricetta sulla mia pagina e blog. Deliziosa
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| Roberta, Lorena |
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| Roberta |
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| Roberta's pasta and sauce |
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