Annas Spaghetti Sauce Recipes

ANNA'S SPAGHETTI SAUCE

Steps:

• In a large saucepan or pot, saute onions in olive on medium heat for five minutes or until onions are tender.
• Add bell pepper and garlic and saute 2 minutes or until fragrant.
• Add gr. sausage to vegetables and brown. Drain excess fat.
• Add diced tomatoes, tomato paste, basil, and oregano. Bring to a boil, and then cover and simmer on med. low heat for 15-30 minute
• Salt to taste and serve with pasta.

ANNA'S SPAGHETTI AND PESTO TRAPANESE (PESTO ALLA ANNA)

Steps:

• Rinse the cherry tomatoes and basil leaves and pat them dry.
• Drop the tomatoes into the blender jar or food processor bowl followed by the garlic clove, the almonds, basil leaves, peperoncino and 1/2 tsp salt. Blend for a minute or more to a fine puree; scrape down the bowl and blend again if any large bits or pieces have survived.
• With the machine still running, pour in the olive oil in a steady stream, emulsifying the puree into a thick pesto. Taste and adjust seasoning. (If you're going dress the pasta within a couple of hours, leave the pesto at room temperature. Refrigerate if you'll use it longer storage, up to 2 days, but let it return to room temperature before cooking the pasta.)
• To cook the spaghetti, heat 6 quarts of water with 1 tablespoon salt, to the boil in the large pot. Scrape all the pesto into a big warm bowl.
• Cook the spaghetti al dente, lift it from the cooking pot, drain briefly, and drop onto the pesto. Toss quickly to coat the spaghetti, sprinkle the cheese all over, and toss again. Serve immediately in warm bowls.

NONNAS ANCHOVY SPAGHETTI SAUCE

Steps:

• 1. Finely chop onion garlic set aside.
• 2. Finely chop parsley and basil set aside.
• 3. Open cans of anchovies and drain oil from 2 of the tins into a 3L sauce pan. Heat on Med temperature.
• 4. Add diced Anchovies to pot and cook 1-2 min stirring occasionally to prevent from sticking.
• 5. Add onions and garlic letting them sweat till translucent.
• 6. Add your tomatoe ingredients, parsley, basil, nutmeg, chili pepper, dash of pepper to taste. Stir well.
• 7. Add 1/4 cup of wine, stir.
• 8. Add one tablespoon of butter on top of sauce...
• 9. Place lid on and let butter melt, stir and reduce just to a simmer, stirring occasionally for 45-1 hour.
• 10. Pour over Cooked Spaghetti Noodles and top with fresh parmesan ENJOY!

NANA'S BEST SPAGHETTI SAUCE

Steps:

• Brown onion and green pepper in a large skillet in a small amount of oil.
• Add ground beef to the onion and green peppers; cook until brown.
• Carefully drain the hamburger mixture and return to the skillet.
• Add the tomato sauce, onion salt, salt, garlic salt, oregano, ketchup, Worcestershire sauce, Heinz 57 and Italian seasoning.
• Stir well and simmer on low heat for 2-3 hours.
• Serve over your favorite pasta with garlic bread and a salad.