Award Winning 5 Hour Red Sauce Recipes

Steps:

• Heat olive oil in a large saucepan over medium-high heat. Saute onion and garlic in hot oil until onion is translucent, 5 to 7 minutes.
• Reduce heat to medium-low. Add water, crushed tomatoes, tomato paste, basil, baking soda, and sugar; season with salt and pepper. Stir mixture, bring to a simmer, and cook until the sauce is thickened, about 2 hours.

Steps:

• Put the oil, butter and chopped onion in the pot and turn the heat on to medium. Cook and stir the onion until it has become translucent, then add the chopped celery and carrot. Cook for about 2 minutes, stirring vegetables to coat them well.
• Add ground beef, a large pinch of salt and a few grindings of pepper. Crumble the meat with a fork, stir well and cook until the beef has lost its raw, red color.
• Add milk and let it simmer gently, stirring frequently, until it has bubbled away completely. Add a tiny grating -- about 1/8 teaspoon -- of nutmeg, and stir.
• Add the wine, let it simmer until it has evaporated, then add the tomatoes and stir thoroughly to coat all ingredients well. When the tomatoes begin to bubble, turn the heat down so that the sauce cooks at the laziest of simmers, with just an intermittent bubble breaking through to the surface. Cook, uncovered, for 3 hours or more, stirring from time to time. While the sauce is cooking, you are likely to find that it begins to dry out and the fat separates from the meat. To keep it from sticking, add 1/2 cup of water whenever necessary. At the end, however, no water at all must be left and the fat must separate from the sauce. Taste and correct for salt.
• Toss with cooked drained pasta, adding the tablespoon of butter, and serve with freshly grated Parmesan on the side.

Steps:

• Combine the tomatoes, their juices, the butter and the onion halves in a saucepan. Add a pinch or two of salt.
• Place over medium heat and bring to a simmer. Cook, uncovered, for about 45 minutes. Stir occasionally, mashing any large pieces of tomato with a spoon. Add salt as needed.
• Discard the onion before tossing the sauce with pasta. This recipe makes enough sauce for a pound of pasta.

Steps:

• Pour tomatoes into a large bowl and crush with your hands. Pour 1 cup water into can and slosh it around to get tomato juices. Reserve.
• In a large skillet (do not use a deep pot) over medium heat, heat the oil. When it is hot, add garlic.
• As soon as garlic is sizzling (do not let it brown), add the tomatoes, then the reserved tomato water. Add whole chile or red pepper flakes, oregano (if using) and salt. Stir.
• Place basil sprig, including stem, on the surface (like a flower). Let it wilt, then submerge in sauce. Simmer sauce until thickened and oil on surface is a deep orange, about 15 minutes. (If using oregano, taste sauce after 10 minutes of simmering, adding more salt and oregano as needed.) Discard basil and chile (if using).

Steps:

• 1. Prep: Dice onion and mushrooms. Slice button portabellas and leeks. To clean the leeks just slice then drop them into a large bowl of water and toss a bit and the dirt will fall to the bottom and the leeks will float. Also don't use all of leek mainly the white parts (just like a larger version of a green onion) grate your carrot(s) or you can buy bagged grated...here we go
• 2. in large pan heat olive oil and butter. Add the chopped onion, fennel seeds, red pepper flakes and the carrots. Saute for half an hour on low. This brings the flavors of the fennel and pepper flakes out. It also breaks up the carrots.
• 3. Add chopped up mushrooms (fresh not the portabellas) and the garlic saute for about 3 minutes. don't over cook the garlic or it will go brown and bitter.
• 4. Add both meats and brown. add button portabellas (sliced). Drain any oil that the mushrooms don't soak up.
• 5. Add the leeks with a pinch of salt and pepper. Cook for another 3 minutes. Don't worry about separating the chopped leeks because they break down so much you probably won't be able to find them in the end !
• 6. Add the sauces except for the spaghetti sauce. Simmer about 4-5 hours it will get thick when it is almost done add the bottle/can of spaghetti sauce. Stirring occasionally throughout.when it starts to really thicken it is possible to burn it that's why you then add the extra sauce !!
• 7. Serve over your favorite pasta and top with a dollop of ricotta cheese! Enjoy!!

Steps:

• In a blender or food processor, combine the ketchup, Worcestershire sauce, molasses, brown sugar, onion, garlic powder, ground black pepper, cayenne pepper, lemon juice, tomato juice, and liquid smoke flavoring. Puree until smooth, and transfer to a saucepan.
• Place saucepan on the stove over medium heat. Bring mixture to a boil, reduce heat to low, and simmer for about 1 hour, or to desired thickness.