Italian spaghetti w/meat sauce
5 Servings
Ingredients
| Quantity | Ingredient | |
|---|---|---|
| 1½ | tablespoon | Butter |
| 1 | medium | Onion; chopped |
| 1 | Clove garlic; minced | |
| 1 | pounds | Hamburger |
| 1¼ | teaspoon | Salt |
| 1 | can | (#2-1/2) tomatoes |
| 1 | cup | Water |
| ⅓ | cup | Tomato paste or catsup |
| ¾ | pounds | Spaghetti |
| ¼ | pounds | Parmesan cheese |
Directions
Heat butter in heavy skillet. Add onion & garlic & brown lightly. Add hamburger & stir constantly to keep well separated while browning lightly.
Then add salt & tomatoes which have been rubbed through a sieve, & water.
Cover & simmer 30-40 minutes. About 5 minutes before serving, add tomato paste & stir until well blended. Meanwhile, cook spaghetti in 4 quarts of boiling, salted water (4 tsp salt), dipping ends into boiling water & pushing rest in as ends become softened. Cook until tender, about 20 minutes; drain & rinse with hot water & drain again. Heap onto hot platter, pour meat sauce over spaghetti & sprinkle grated cheese on top. Serves 5.
MRS EARL S. (DELORES) VILLONE
From the <The Bliss of Cooking Returns>, Fort Bliss Officers Wives Club, Ft. Bliss, TX. Downloaded from Glen's MM Recipe Archive, .