Spicy Tomato Meat Sauce For Spaghetti From Playboy Magazine Recipes

Steps:

• In a Dutch oven, cook the beef and onion over medium heat until meat is no longer pink; drain. Stir in the tomato juice, tomato paste, mushrooms and seasonings; bring to a boil., Reduce heat; simmer, uncovered, for 2-1/2 hours, stirring occasionally. Discard bay leaves. Serve with spaghetti.

Steps:

• Heat the olive oil in a large skillet over medium-high heat. Cook the onion in the oil until translucent. Add the garlic and cook and stir another 2 to 3 minutes. Stir in the tomatoes, red pepper flakes, and Italian seasoning. Season with salt. Cook until completely heated, another 2 to 3 minutes.

Steps:

• Remove skin from sausage, mash meat with a fork.
• Heat butter, add sausage and garlic and stir with a fork until well cooked.
• Add onion, cook briefly.
• Add ground beef, cook until its color has turned.
• Add tomatoes, in pieces, add salt and ground pepper to taste.
• Let simmer for at least 1 hour over low heat.
• Serve over your favorite Pasta, and pass the parmesan cheese.

Steps:

• Saute onion, green pepper, celery, and garlic in hot oil in a large pot until the vegetables are tender.
• Add in ground beef; cook until meat is browned, stirring to crumble the meat; drain well and return to pot.
• Stir in the next 15 ingredients; cover, lower heat and simmer for 1 hour, stirring occasionally.
• Take out bay leaves; stir in Burgundy wine.
• On individual plates, spoon sauce over cooked spaghetti; sprinkle each serving with cheese, if desired.

Steps:

• Blend the chillies, peppers, garlic, shallot and tomatoes in a food processor until smooth.
• Pour the purée into a stainless steel saucepan, add the sugar and vinegar, then bring to the boil, stirring from time to time. Reduce the heat and simmer for 40-60 mins until thick, stirring regularly, especially in the latter stages of cooking.
• Pour into large, warm sterilized jars then cool. This will keep for up to 2 weeks in the fridge.

Steps:

• Bring a large pot of salted water to a boil over high heat.
• In a large nonstick skillet, heat 2 tablespoons oil over medium-high. Pat the capers dry, then add them to the skillet and cook, stirring frequently, until crisp, 3 to 4 minutes. Using a slotted spoon, transfer the capers to a paper towel-lined plate.
• Add the tomato paste to the skillet and cook over medium-high, stirring frequently, until tomato paste darkens in color and deepens in flavor, about 2 minutes. Reduce the heat to medium, add the remaining 2 tablespoons oil, the garlic and red-pepper flakes, if using, and cook, stirring frequently, until garlic is softened and fragrant, about 2 minutes.
• Add the pasta to the boiling water and reduce heat to medium. Cook according to package instructions until al dente.
• While the pasta cooks, add the cherry tomatoes to the skillet, season with salt and pepper and cook over medium-high, stirring, 5 minutes. Add 2/3 cup pasta cooking water from the pot and cook, stirring occasionally, until the tomatoes start to fall apart and the liquid becomes saucy, about 10 minutes.
• Drain the pasta, and transfer it to the skillet with the sauce to combine. (If your skillet is too full to accommodate the pasta, you can transfer the cooked pasta back to the pot, then add the sauce to combine.) Stir in half the basil and season to taste with salt and pepper.
• Divide among plates or bowls and top with capers and remaining basil, plus cheese and whole basil leaves. Serve immediately.

Steps:

• Heat oil in a large sauté pan. Add carrots, celery and onion and cook on medium until soft. Stir in chili and continue cooking, stirring occasionally, until vegetables are lightly browned, about 20 minutes total.
• Place tomatoes in a bowl, crush fine with your hands and add to pan. Stir. Bring to a simmer, reduce heat to very low and cook, stirring from time to time, 1 1/2 hours, until reduced and concentrated. Do not allow sauce to scorch. Season to taste with salt. Set aside.
• Bring a pot of salted water to a boil for pasta. Cook pasta until al dente. Add 1/2 cup pasta water to tomato mixture. Drain pasta. Reheat sauce to a simmer, add pasta and toss a few minutes until pasta is well coated with sauce. Serve, with generous drifts of cheese on top.

Steps:

• Begin heating a large pot of water for the pasta.
• Pulse the chopped tomatoes in a food processor fitted with the steel blade, or pass through the medium blade of a food mill with their juice before you begin. Heat the oil over medium heat in a large, wide nonstick skillet or saucepan and add the garlic and crumbled chili (or flakes). Cook, stirring, for 30 seconds to a minute, until the garlic is translucent and begins to smell fragrant, and add the tomatoes and their juice, salt, and oregano if using. Stir and turn up the heat. When the tomatoes begin to bubble, lower the heat to medium and cook, stirring often, until thick and fragrant, 15 to 25 minutes. Taste and adjust seasonings. Keep warm while you cook the pasta.
• When the pasta water comes to a boil, add a tablespoon of salt and the pasta. Cook the pasta al dente, following the timing instructions on the package but checking a minute or two before the time on the package. When the pasta is done, transfer to the pan with the sauce, add the basil if using, and toss together over medium heat until it is well coated with the sauce. Add half the cheese, toss together and serve, passing the remaining cheese at the table.