Meatless Tomato Sauce Sicilian Style Recipes

SICILIAN LENTIL PASTA SAUCE

Steps:

• In a large saucepan, heat oil over medium heat. Add onions, mushrooms, zucchini, and garlic. Cook and stir until tender, about 5 minutes.
• Add lentils and 3 cups water to vegetables. Bring to a rolling boil, stirring occasionally. Reduce heat to low, cover, and cook 45 to 60 minutes.
• Stir in tomato sauce, tomato paste, sugar, and 1/2 cup water. Bring to a boil. Reduce heat, cover, and simmer for 20 minutes. If necessary, add more water to keep the sauce from sticking. Be careful not to dilute; the sauce should be quite thick.

MEAT(LESS) TOMATO SAUCE - SICILIAN STYLE

Steps:

• Empty the tomatoes into a large saucepan and turn the heat to medium.
• In the meantime, heat a heavy skillet over medium heat.
• When hot, add the ground beef and stir it around until brown.
• You do not need to add oil as the fat from the beef will suffice.
• When the meat is cooked, remove with a slotted spoon, allowing excess oil to drip back into the skillet, and transfer the meat to the saucepan of tomatoes and stir.
• Add the onions and garlic to the fat in the skillet and cook until the onion is tender.
• Remove with a slotted spoon, again, allowing the excess oil to drip back into the skillet and stir into the tomatoes.
• Stir in the salt, sugar and basil.
• Bring sauce to a boil, cover, then turn down the heat to simmer for 1 1/2 hours, stirring occasionally to prevent sticking.
• Turn off the heat and let the pot sit on the stove until you are ready to use it.
• If you are planning to use it the next day, refrigerate when cooled.
• Reheat as necessary or freeze for future use.

MEATLESS ITALIAN SAUCE RECIPE

Steps:

• Pour about 3 TBLE olive oil in deep pot and heat over medium heat
• Add onions and reduce to simmer. Stir so onions are coated with olive oil. Cover and simmer 5 - 8 minutes.
• When onions are translucent, add in chopped or minced garlic and simmer for 3 more minutes.
• Add in crushed tomatoes and stir well.
• Fill can about 1/3rd of the way with water and pour into sauce. Stir well. If you added too much water, leave the lid off.
• Add bay leaves.
• Take some sauce out and mix the tomato paste with it until smooth and then pour back into sauce and stir well.
• Put carrot into sauce. This is used to absorb the acid from the tomatoes. It will not affect flavor and will be removed later.
• Bring to boil stirring frequently so it won't burn on the bottom.
• Reduce to simmer and let cook down for about 2-3 hours making sure to stir every once in a while. Cover and let stand for a few more hours. I let it stand over night and then do a reheat in the morning, then freeze the sauce in smaller containers so I can use them on a need be basis.
• Discard carrot.

FAMILY SICILIAN SAUCE AND MEATBALLS

Steps:

• To make the meatballs, combine bread and milk or water in a medium bowl. Mix in ground beef, eggs, Romano cheese, parsley, and salt and pepper to taste. Form golf ball-sized meatballs; place into freezer to firm up.
• To make sauce, heat olive oil in a large pot on medium heat; stir in onion. Cook and stir until the onion has softened and turned translucent, about 5 minutes. Add garlic and 1 sausage link; cook about 3 minutes more.
• Meanwhile, in a large skillet over medium heat, brown beef chunks and pork neck bones; set aside.
• When onions and garlic are done, turn heat down to low. Add tomato paste and cook for a few minutes. Stir in the browned beef and pork, crushed tomatoes, wine, bay leaves, cinnamon, parsley, basil, and salt and pepper. Bring sauce to a simmer, then reduce the heat to low and cook for 3 to 4 hours.
• Once you add the meatballs, let sauce simmer for 1 hour. When sauce is nearly ready, bring a large pot of lightly salted water to a boil. Add pasta and cook for 8 to 10 minutes or until al dente; drain. Cover pasta with sauce and meatballs and serve immediately.

SICILIAN MEAT SAUCE

Steps:

• In a Dutch oven, heat 2 tablespoons olive oil over medium-high heat. Brown pork ribs in batches; transfer to a 6-qt. slow cooker., Add remaining oil to Dutch oven; saute onion for 2 minutes. Add garlic; cook 1 minute more. Add next 11 ingredients. Pour in broth and red wine; bring to a light boil. Transfer to slow cooker. Cook, covered, until pork is tender, about 6 hours., Discard bay leaves. Remove meat from slow cooker; shred or pull apart, discarding bones. Return meat to sauce. Serve over pasta; if desired, sprinkle with Parmesan cheese.

OLD FASHIONED SICILIAN SUCCO

Steps:

• In a large pot mix together garlic, tomato sauce, tomato paste, parsley and basil. Bring sauce to a boil and then turn down the heat and simmer.
• In a large bowl mix together the ground beef, ground pork, bread crumbs, parmesan cheese, garlic powder and parsley. Shape into balls the size of a child's fist. In a skillet, fry meatballs in hot olive oil until brown. Add to sauce mixture. Simmer over low heat for four hours.

SICILIAN SPAGHETTI SAUCE

Steps:

• In a large skillet, cook beef and onion in oil over medium heat until meat is no longer pink. Add garlic; cook 1 minute longer. Drain. , Stir in the tomatoes, raisins, wine, tomato paste, sugar, basil, salt and pepper. Bring to a boil. Reduce heat; simmer, uncovered, for 15 minutes or until heated through. , Meanwhile, cook spaghetti according to package directions. Stir parsley and pine nuts into meat sauce. Drain spaghetti; top with sauce.

SICILIAN TOMATO SAUCE

Steps:

• Heat the olive oil in a heavy saucepan.
• Add the chopped onion and crushed garlic sweat for 5 minutes, stirring frequently, until translucent.
• Add the passata or chopped tomatoes, anchovies, olives, capers and plenty of black pepper, bring to the boil, then lower the heat right down and simmer for 15 minutes.
• May be served with fish, chicken or cold meats.
• Serve hot or cold.