Meat Sauce with Pasta Recipes

Meat Sauce with Pasta

 

 
This dish is one of the most delicious slow cooker recipes there is. You can substitute spaghetti for Fettuccini if you can't get any, and it tastes equally delicious.

Ingredients
1 tbsp of olive oil
2 cups of chopped onions.
1 cup of chopped carrots
6 minced cloves of garlic
2 links of 4 oz Italian sausages with their casings removed.
1 lb of sirloin, ground.
1/2 a cup of pitted and sliced kalamata olives.
1/4 cup of unsalted tomato paste.
1 1/2 tsp of sugar.
1 tsp salt.
1/2 tsp of red pepper, crushed.
1 can of unsalted and crushed tomatoes.
1 tbsp of chopped oregano.
16 oz of uncooked mafaldine pasta.
1/2 cup of fresh basil.
3 oz of Parmigiano-Reggiano cheese, shaved.

Directions for the meat sauce:
1. Place a large skillet over medium high heat.
2. Add a little oil and swirl the skillet till it is lightly coated with oil.
3. Add the onions and carrots and sauté for about 4 min, stirring them occasionally.
4. Once the onions are browned nicely, add the garlic and sauté for less than a minute, stirring them constantly.
5. Empty the contents of the skillet into a large cooker and sauté the beef and sausages in the same skillet for about 6 min till they are nicely browned and start crumbling.
6. Remove the beef/sausage mixture on to paper towels so that all the excess oil drains away.
7. Remove them from the towels and place them into the cooker along with the sautéed vegetables.
8. Put in all the remaining vegetables, except the cheese and basil into the cooker and cook on low for 8 hrs.

Directions for the pasta:
1. Prepare the pasta as you would normally.
2. Ensure that you do not add any salt, oil or fat in the pasta because the sauce will have sufficient.
3. Serve the pasta with the meat sauce, topping off with the basil and cheese. The sauce and pasta should be hot enough so that the cheese melts.