Mountain Lakes Sinatra Sauce Food

FRANK SINATRA'S ITALIAN TOMATO SAUCE AND MEATBALLS

Steps:

• Combine lean ground beef, ground pork, breadcrumbs, grated Italian cheese, minced garlic, parsley, eggs, if desired, season with kosher salt and freshly ground black pepper. Form into balls, and brown in olive oil till done. Reserve till needed.
• In a frying pan, add the olive oil, the onion, and the four cloves of garlic. Stir often over medium heat until onion is golden. Remove garlic cloves and discard.
• Drain the Italian-style canned tomatoes, saving ¼ of a cup of the liquid. Place the liquid from the canned Italian-style and tomato purée in the blender for about 6 seconds.
• Add the drained tomatoes and blended tomato purée in the saucepot; cook for about 10 minutes on medium heat. Do not sub with tomato paste
• Season the Marinara sauce with fresh parsley, dried thyme, and kosher salt, and black pepper stir the sauce well; simmer for about 20 minutes, stirring sauce a few times.
• Cook 1 pound of pasta according to the package directions for al dente style pasta, drain pasta once was done, rinse if desired, and re-drain.
• Pour spaghetti on the heated platter, cover with the sauce.
• Sprinkle with two Tablespoons chopped parsley and grated Parmesan cheese.

MOUNTAIN LAKES "SINATRA" SAUCE

Steps:

• Pound out veal cutlets to thin them out (during simmer the veal will fall apart and become a key flavor in the sauce). Brown them by placing them in hot pan (this will be done really quickly) and place them to the side for future addition to the sauce Brown sausage in same pan (note: depending on how long you plan to simmer the sauce you will want to consider "pre-cooking the sausage but a long 2-5 hour simmer will work fine without pre-cooking) Brown ground beef, and add onion and garlic in large pot in extra virgin olive oil. As onions begin to soften (but before they brown) add half bottle of red wine and allow to simmer as alcohol burns off. Add crushed tomatoes to pot and add all meat Periodically return to sauce to add parmesan cheese (keep in mind that this will add a salty flavor and you will be adding olives and capers later Olives and capers can be added about an hour before the end of the anticipated simmering time. Cook pasta and add small amount of butter, salt and pepper to pasta to taste in individual pasta bowls Chop Basil Leaves Add sauce to each bowl and top with shredded fresh basil Note: Sausage can be served on side or in each serving as preferred)