Delicious Tomato Sauce (Spaghetti)
"Mom made this for use for years. My grandkids love it."
- Ready In:
- 3hrs 35mins
- Ingredients:
- 9
- Serves:
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4-6
ingredients
- 3 cloves crushed garlic
- 2 tablespoons olive oil
- 2 cans crushed tomatoes
- 2 1⁄2 cans water
- 1 can tomato paste
- 3 tablespoons oregano
- 2 tablespoons crushed chili peppers
- salt
- meatballs (from Swedish Meatballs)
directions
- In a deep saute pan.
- Saute Garlic in oil.
- Add remainder of ingredients, but meat balls.
- Bring to a boil, reduce heat and simmer 2 1/2-3 hours .
- The longer you simmer the thicker the sauce.
- Last 15 minutes add meat balls.
- Serve over fresh cooked spaghetti.
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Reviews
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This is a good basic sauce recipe, and it's very easy. I only used 1 tablespoon of crushed red peppers, and the sauce had a kick to it. If I make it again, I'll scale the pepper flakes back even more. I'm afraid that 2 tablespoons would have made it WAY too spicy. -
Great for what you have on hand! -
This is by far the best spaghetti sauce recipe. The sauce sticks to the pasta, as it should. The first time i made it, i mighta overdid the chili peppers (was wayyy 2 hot), so this time i omitted them entirely and added mushrooms. The crushed tomatoes make it spicy anyway, so i added a heaping tbsp. of sugar. I made my own meatballs in the oven, adding them the last 20 minutes to the sauce, and thickened it up a bit with 1-1/2 tbsp. corn starch mixed w/tiny bit of water. DE-LISH!!! -
A great sauce on it's own. This basic sauce stands up well on it's own, and is a great base for those wanting to make it greater.
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I Love This Recipe. I added a few ingredients for my families taste including fresh mushrooms, onions and green pepper. I sauted the vegetables and threw everything into the crockpot for the day (busy mom the crock pot is my best friend). Turned out wonderful!
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Tweaks
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If you are looking for a great spaghetti sauce recipe this is it!! It was WONDERFUL! I will no longer be buying the sphaghetti sauce in a jar. I did make a few changes, just for personal taste. I halfed the recpie, & I sauteed half an onion along with the garlic. I substituted chicken stock for the water and i added a drained can of sliced mushrooms before simmering. It only took about 30 minutes of simmering for me, tho. I also used ground beef instead of meatballs. DELICIOUS! -
Surprise! Surprise! I only made three changess to this recipe. I must be slipping. I dropped the water back to 1 1/2 cups and used tawny port instead of water. I added a TBS of dried Basil and I ommited the meat balls. Other than that, this is a fantastic recipe for the basic pasta sauce. If the scoring went beyond five stars, I would have gone on to ten stars, or twenty or forty or maybe ninety seven or whatever. Thanx for posting this great recipe. Pierre
RECIPE SUBMITTED BY
Dave C
Toronto, Ontario
I enjoy cooking and canning.
