Thursday, January 24, 2008

Meat Sauce

I made an "off the cuff" batch of pasta sauce last night. Apparently it was really good so I'm writing down the recipe so it can be re-created.

1lb. beef (as lean as possible)
1 large yellow onion - diced
8 cloves of garlic - minced
1 large can crushed tomatoes in puree
1 small can tomato paste
1 jar fire roasted red & yellow peppers - rough chop
1 basket sliced button mushrooms

The following spices were sprinkled generously over the top of the pot - maybe I used about 1-2tsp each.
crushed red pepper flakes
dried basil
dried oregano
Italian seasoning
.5 tsp of rosemary salt

Saute onions & garlic until transleucent.
Brown meat & return onions to pan.
Add mushrooms and cook a few minutes. I did short time on saute so they stayed firm in the sauce.
Dump everything else into the skillet & simmer for at least 2 hrs stirring occasionally.