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Faster, Better, Spaghetti & Meat Sauce
Your new go-to weeknight meat sauce method.
👥 4 Servings⏱️ Prep & Cook: 25 min👤 Brian Lagerstrom📖 cookwell
🥘 Ingredients
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🍳 Cookware
- ●pot
- ●dutch oven
- ●oven
📝 Preparation Steps
1
Brown the meat & aromatics
2
Heat a dutch oven or large heavy bottomed pot over medium high. Add a bit of oil, the ground beef, and sausage, breaking the meat apart into small pieces as it cooks - I use a meat smasher for this. When the meat begins to brown and is well broken down, stir in the onion, garlic, and a sprinkle of salt, making sure to scrape up any meat fond stuck to the bottom of the pot. Cover and simmer for ⏱️ 5 minutes. Now is a good time to preheat your oven to 425°F/220°C.
ground beef, 450 g80/20Beef bouillon paste, 15 gGarlic, 4 clovesSalt, undefinedSalt, to taste
3
Add the sauce base
4
After ⏱️ 5 minutes of simmering, stir in oregano, red pepper flakes, and tomato paste and cook for a minute or so until tomato paste is well incorporated. Stir in bouillon and the crushed tomatoes, water, salt, sugar and bring to a simmer.
Dried oregano, 1 gRed Pepper Flakes, 1 gTomato Paste, 75 gCrushed tomatoes, 800 gWater, 800 gSalt, undefinedSalt, to tasteSugar, 8 g
5
Cook the spaghetti noodles in the sauce
Spaghetti, 340 g
6
In batches of 15-20 noodles at a time, break the spaghetti strands in half so they fit into the pot. These will cook right in the sauce. Stir in the basil. Add in the spaghetti and gently stir and press down to submerge noodles. Simmer for about ⏱️ 60 seconds. Carefully stir noodles again to fully submerge noodles. Transfer the pot to the preheated oven to bake uncovered for ⏱️ 16-18 minutes, gently stirring and submerging at 5 and ⏱️ 10 minutes into cooking.
Spaghetti, 340 gFresh basil, 10 g
7
Adjust & serve
8
Taste for doneness and seasoning and adjust if necessary. Stir in grated parmesan. Garnish with additional parmesan. Enjoy.
Parmesan, 50 g
Nutrition Facts
calories
3352
fat Content
90 g
protein Content
160 g
carbohydrate Content
323 g
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