Pot's Spaghetti Sauce
This recipe makes a lot of sauce:
2 16oz-24oz jars/cans of Ragu/Prego/Generic Tomato Sauce
2 6oz cans tomato paste
1 cup of red wine ($2 Merlot or Cab available at Trader Joe's)
5-6 cloves garlic, finely chopped
1 bunch Italian parsley, finely chopped.
3-4 Italian squash, small-diced
1 onion, small-diced
1-2 tbsp Balsamic vinegar
1 tbsp butter and 1 tbsp olive oil
salt & pepper
1 tsp chili pepper flakes
Italian Seasoning
Optional:
1 lb ground beef, pan fried
1 eggplant, diced
2 bell peppers, diced
few tbsp. grated parmesan cheese
- On medium heat, melt butter in big saucepan, add olive oil. Add garlic, and let fry in olive oil and butter for 2-3 minutes.
- Saute all vegetables except parsley in oil mix until cooked. Translation: veggies look translucent and start to soften.
- Pour in tomato sauce, tomato paste. Stir in Italian parsley. Stir carefully until mixture is even.
- Add red wine, Balsamic vinegar, salt & pepper, Italian seasoning, chili pepper flakes. Stir carefully until mixture is even.
- Cover and let the whole thing simmer on low heat for 15 minutes. Periodically stir it so that the bottom doesn't scorch.
- Serve over any kind of cooked pasta.
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