Authentic New York Italian Spaghetti Sauce Food

AUTHENTIC ITALIAN SPAGHETTI SAUCE

Steps:

• To cook sauce, heat olive oil over medium heat in a large iron skillet or heavy saucepan.
• Add garlic and cook until tender.
• Add fresh tomatoes and cook until heated through.
• Stir in basil, crushed red pepper, black pepper and salt.
• Serve sauce over cooked spaghetti or other italian pasta and top with parmesan cheese.

OLD WORLD ITALIAN SPAGHETTI SAUCE

Steps:

• In a large stockpot on low-med heat add your olive oil and saute your onions for about 4 minutes,then add your crushed garlic,cook for 2 minutes longer. Then add your water,and tomato products. Be sure to mix everything very well.Add in your spices,and cheese. cook for 2 1/2 hours covered.Then add in your wine, and cook 30 minutes longer. Sauce will be thin on first day.Also if you use meat it will alter thickness.The second day this turns into a nice thick sauce.

FRANK'S ITALIAN SAUCE (SPAGHETTI SAUCE)

Steps:

• For the meatballs: Combine all ingredients except the olive oil in a large bowl. Mix well. Form about 16 meatballs and place on a platter. Heat the olive oil in a large skillet and fry meatballs over medium heat until browned. Repeat until all meatballs are browned. Place meatballs on new clean platter. Do not discard the oil.
• For the Gravy: In the skillet, heat the reserved oil, add the onion and garlic and saute for approximately 2 minutes. Add the tomato paste and cook on medium heat for 3 minutes, stirring constantly. Fill the empty tomato paste can full of water, add to the skillet, and cook for 1 minute, stirring. Remove from heat and set aside.
• In an 8-quart saucepan, add the ground tomatoes and cook on medium heat for 5 minutes. Fill the empty ground tomato can 3/4 full of water and add to the saucepan, along with the tomato paste mixture from the skillet and the reserved browned meatballs. Mix thoroughly but carefully with a wooden spoon so as to not break the meatballs. Add the salt, ground pepper, and parsley and cook on medium heat for 15 minutes, then cover and cook on low heat for 2 1/2 hours, stirring every 15 minutes to prevent sticking and burning on bottom of pan. Serve over al dente pasta and sprinkle with some grated Pecorino Romano cheese, along with crusty Italian bread and a good bottle of red wine.

NEW YORK STYLE ITALIAN GRAVY

Steps:

• in hot pan with 2 tablespoons olive oil sautee onions and garlic until clear. Add Meat and brown.
• drain off excess fat, but not all of it, its flavor!
• add paste, seasoning, spices, bay leaves and pepper and stir until color of paste slightly oranges.
• add water or wine to deglaze pan, bring to boil then add crushed and diced tomatoes. lower to simer and cover, stirring occasionally for about 20 minutes. Serve over pasta, yum.

REAL ITALIAN SPAGHETTI SAUCE

Steps:

• In a large dutch oven, heat the olive oil.
• Add onions& garlic and cook until just beginning to brown.
• Add Pork and cook until browned on all sides.
• Add Tomato Puree and Crushed Tomatoes and stir well.
• Add spices (add more or less to your liking) and bring to a boil, stirring often, for about 20 minutes Turn heat down to low and simmer for about 2-2 1/2 hours, stirring often.