Who let Plonq loose in the kitchen?

[plonq]

I've been hard at work out in the kitchen today, partly cleaning it up but mostly making some spaghetti sauce. My brother used to make the best sauce, and I'm trying to loosely emulate what he made. I call it Everything But The Kitchen Sink Sauce. The recipe is fairly simple.

Start with some ground meat (hamburger works, or you can use Italian sausage). While it sautees in olive oil, cut up and add some onion, peppers, mushrooms, olives and lots of fresh garlic. Simmer that all together for awhile. Add some more olive oil. Add some butter while you're at it. Butter makes everything taste good. Dump in a couple cans of tomato paste and splash in enough water so that you can stir it. Add red wine, olive oil and more butter until it's much runnier than you would like. Add various spices until it tastes about right.

Add some more garlic. [Are you daft? There's already six cloves in there!] [Shut up brain!] Taste it, and then add a bit more. If the sauce starts to cook down too much then add more red wine. Simmer for a few hours. Enjoy.

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Arr! T'is a fine sauce if I do say so me maties! T'will make a hearty addition to me spaghetti!

Comments

[orleans.livejournal.com]

Sounds delicious. :D As a tip, try ground turkey in spag sauce. I find it works very well, and is healthier than beef.

[plonq.livejournal.com]

Ground turkey definitely works well in sauces, I've used it in the past. Given the butter, and some of the other things I added to this sauce, making it "healthier" was not a big concern though.

Then again, aside from the butter, there's really nothing bad in this sauce either.