My Grandmothers Spaghetti Recipe Epicuriouscom Food

OUR FAVORITE SPAGHETTI AND MEATBALLS

Steps:

• Make the tomato sauce:
• Heat a large, wide pot over medium-low and add oil and garlic. Cook, stirring occasionally, until garlic is golden brown on all sides (if it starts to burn, reduce heat), 8-10 minutes. While garlic cooks, break up tomatoes into smaller pieces with a paring knife or kitchen shears. When garlic is almost ready, add red pepper flakes and cook, stirring occasionally, until toasted and fragrant, about 30 seconds. Add tomatoes, bay leaves, salt, oregano, and pepper and stir, breaking up tomatoes with a wooden spoon, until well combined.
• Increase heat slightly and gently simmer, stirring occasionally, until sauce has thickened and flavors have concentrated, at least 2 hours and up to 3 hours.
• Meanwhile, make the meatballs:
• Place bread in a medium bowl, add milk, and let rest until moistened, about 5 minutes. Squeeze bread with your hands to remove excess milk, discarding milk. Tear bread into smaller, pea-size pieces and return to the medium bowl.
• Combine beef, pork, veal, eggs, garlic, 1 cup Parmesan, 1/2 cup parsley, 1 tsp. salt, oregano, pepper, fennel, and red pepper flakes in a large bowl. Using your hands, gently mix in bread until ingredients are evenly distributed (do not overmix).
• Fill a small bowl with cool water. Moisten your hands and roll meat mixture between palms into golf-ball-sized balls, occasionally moistening hands as needed. Place meatballs on a rimmed baking sheet-you should have about 24-and chill until sauce is ready.
• Finish the sauce and cook the meatballs and pasta:
• After 2-3 hours of simmering, pluck out bay leaves and add basil. Using an immersion blender (or transfer sauce to a food processor or blender, working in batches, if necessary), purée until slightly chunky but not smooth. Reserve 1 1/2 cups sauce; keep remaining sauce in pot warm over very low heat.
• Heat a large skillet over medium-high and add oil. Once hot, add meatballs to skillet (without crowding) and work in batches to brown on all sides, turning frequently, about 5 minutes per batch. Return meatballs to baking sheet as you brown them.
• Once all meatballs are browned, add them to pot with tomato sauce. If your pot is not large enough, divide sauce and meatballs between 2 pots. Increase heat to medium-low, cover, and simmer until meatballs are cooked through, 10-15 minutes.
• Meanwhile, cook spaghetti in a large pot of boiling salted water, stirring occasionally, until al dente. Drain, reserving 1 cup pasta cooking liquid, and return pasta to pot over medium-low heat. Spoon reserved 1 1/2 cups sauce over pasta and toss to coat. Add pasta cooking liquid, 1/4 cup at a time, as needed to loosen sauce and coat pasta.
• Divide pasta among plates and top with meatballs and remaining sauce. Sprinkle with remaining 1/4 cup Parmesan and 1/4 cup parsley.
• Do Ahead
• Sauce can be made, cooled, and refrigerated for up to 5 days or frozen for up to 3 months. Meatballs can be shaped and refrigerated 1 day in advance. Meatballs can be cooked in sauce, cooled, and refrigerated for up to 5 days or frozen for up to 3 months.

GRAMMA PANDOLFI'S PASTA SAUCE WITH MEATBALLS

Steps:

• Make the tomato sauce:
• Heat oil in a large stockpot over medium. Add onion, garlic, and mushrooms and cook, stirring occasionally, until soft, 6-8 minutes. Crumble sausage, beef, and pork with your fingers into onion mixture. Add kosher salt, pepper, celery salt, oregano, garlic powder, and onion powder and cook, breaking up meat with a wooden spoon, until browned and cooked through, 3-5 minutes. Add tomato paste and cook, stirring occasionally, 15 minutes. Add crushed tomatoes and tomato sauce. Stir to combine, then reduce heat to medium-low and simmer, stirring occasionally, at least 3 hours and up to 8.
• Cook the meatballs:
• Meanwhile, combine sausage, beef, pork, onion, breadcrumbs, Parmesan, milk, kosher salt, pepper, celery salt, oregano, garlic powder, and onion powder in a large bowl, breaking up meat with a wooden spoon. Using your hands, form mixture into 1" balls and chill until sauce is ready.
• When sauce is ready, heat 1-2 Tbsp. oil in a large skillet over medium-high. Working in batches, add meatballs (without crowding) and cook, turning frequently, until browned on all sides, about 5 minutes per batch, adding more oil as needed. Transfer meatballs to a rimmed baking sheet as you finish cooking each batch.
• Reserve 2 cups tomato sauce, then add meatballs to remaining sauce in stockpot. If your pot is not large enough, divide sauce and meatballs between 2 pots. Cover and continue to simmer until meatballs are cooked through, 10-15 minutes.
• Cook spaghetti and serve:
• When meatballs and sauce are almost ready, cook spaghetti in a large pot of boiling salted water, stirring occasionally, until al dente. Drain, reserving 1 cup pasta cooking liquid, and return pasta to pot over medium-low heat. Spoon reserved 2 cups tomato sauce over pasta and toss to coat. Add pasta cooking liquid, 1/4 cup at a time, as needed to loosen sauce and coat pasta.
• Divide pasta among plates and top with meatballs and remaining sauce. Sprinkle with Parmesan.
• Do Ahead
• Sauce can be made, cooled, and chilled for up to 5 days or frozen for up to 3 months. Meatballs can be shaped and chilled 1 day ahead. Meatballs can be cooked in sauce, cooled, and chilled for up to 5 days or frozen for up to 3 months.

GRANDMA'S SPAGHETTI SAUCE

Steps:

• Cook and stir ground beef and onion in a large pot until beef is no longer pink, about 10 minutes. Drain excess grease.
• Pour tomato sauce and tomato paste into the pot; season with pepper. Stir in tomato puree and ketchup. Add brown sugar, mustard, celery salt, onion salt, and garlic salt, stirring after each addition.
• Simmer sauce over medium-low heat, stirring frequently, until flavors combine, 30 to 45 minutes. Sprinkle in Parmesan cheese during the last 5 minutes of cooking.

MY GRANDMOTHER'S SPAGHETTI

Steps:

• Heat oil in heavy large Dutch oven over medium heat. Add onion and garlic and sauté until onion is translucent, about 4 minutes. Add ground beef and cook until brown, breaking up with fork, about 8 minutes. Drain drippings from Dutch oven. Mix parsley, bay leaves and basil into beef and cook 2 minutes. Stir in tomatoes, water, tomato sauce and tomato paste. Simmer until reduced to sauce consistency, breaking up tomatoes with spoon, about 2 hours. Season with salt and pepper. (Can be prepared 2 days ahead. Cover and chill. Rewarm sauce over medium-low heat before using.)
• Cook spaghetti in large pot of boiling salted water until just tender but firm to bite, stirring occasionally. Drain well. Place spaghetti in serving bowl. Pour half of sauce over. Serve immediately, passing Parmesan cheese separately. (Refrigerate or freeze remaining sauce for another use.)

GRANDMA'S SPAGHETTI SAUCE

Steps:

• Brown hamburger and onion in Dutch oven. Drain fat.
• Combine remaining ingredients in pot.
• Let simmer 3-4 hours stirring occasionally.
• *Use meatballs instead of hamburger for a tasty variation.

GRANDMA'S SPAGHETTI CASSEROLE

Steps:

• Chop onions, garlic, pepper. Open cans of soup, tomato sauce, corn, olives Boil spaghetti noodles until tender. Drain & rinse. Brown ground beef, onion, garlic Mix all ingredients together in large bowl. Put shredded cheese on top. Bake 350 for 1 hour.

GRANDMA'S SPAGHETTI

Steps:

• Brown hamburger, onions, and garlic. Drain off fat. Add remaining ingredients and simmer for 30-45 minutes. Serve over cooked and drained spaghetti.

MY GRANDMOTHERS FAMOUS SPAGHETTI SAUCE

Steps:

• Brown meat in 1 tablespoon olive oil. Drain well. (I rinse my meat after browning to get as much grease off as possible.).
• Chop celery, bell pepper, onions and garlic in food processor or by hand.
• Add remaining olive oil and saute vegetables until tender over medium-high heat. Return meat to the pan.
• Add remaining ingredients and add enough water to make really watery or soupy. It will cook down. Add water as needed. Simmer about 4 to 6 hours until cooks down to proper consistency for sauce.

GRANDMA SHANNON'S AMAZING SPAGHETTI SAUCE

Steps:

• In a large pot, over medium-high heat, add the olive oil and saute the onion, garlic and meat together. (It's best to add the garlic after the onion and meat have been sauteed for 4-5 min.). Saute for 8-10 minutes altogether. Drain the fat.
• Add the remaining ingredients and let simmer for 1 hour or more. Taste and adjust seasonings to your liking. I sometimes add a teaspoon of sugar to make it a bit sweeter, if need be. Serve over your favorite cooked pasta and enjoy!

GRANDMA'S GO-TO SPAGHETTI SAUCE

Steps:

• Pour olive oil in a large pan, and heat to medium high.
• Add onions and stir until translucent.
• Add garlic and stir until onions are golden. Watch closely so garlic doesn't burn or it will be bitter.
• Add tomato paste, and stir constantly to slightly brown paste for additional flavor.
• Dump contents of pan into a 6 quart or larger CrockPot.
• Add San Marzano tomatoes by hand-crushing each tomato into CrockPot and dumping remaining contents of can into the CrockPot.
• Add sugar, basil, cloves, salt, and pepper. Turn CrockPot to low, and cook at least 4-6 hours stirring occasionally throughout the day.
• Check for seasoning and adjust if needed, and serve.
• Turn off CrockPot, and let contents cool completely before packaging into freezer-safe containers and placing in the freezer.