Sort of Pasta Bolognese
February 20, 2006
Jaime Oliver to the rescue. I had my two nephews, one niece, along with two of my sisters and for a visit recently. What to make for children and adults alike is easy - pasta! I decided to go for a traditional meat sauce - sorry to all my vegetarian followers - but for you carnivores, this one is especially for you. Thank the English guy.
You will need: 10 slices of bacon with most of the fat trimmed off; handful of chopped rosemary; 4 cloves of minced garlic; 1/2 white onion finely diced; 1 c of red wine; 1 large can of whole peeled tomatoes; 2 tbsp tomato paste; 1 tsp dried oregano; 1 handful of chopped Italian parsley and basil; olive oil; 1 lb of fresh ground lean chuck; one chile piquin crushed; spaghetti; 1/2 c (or more) fresh grated parmesan.
Step One: Place the slices of bacon on a cookie sheet, sprinkle the rosemary on top, and bake in oven at 350 degrees for 10-13 minutes or until bacon curls. Baking the bacon will prevent the pool of grease normally found in pan frying from forming, and will leave the bacon just golden and not very crispy. Remove, and dice up.
Step Two: In a large pan, saute your onions, garlic, and chile piquing over medium heat. After onions are translucent, add the ground chuck and bacon. Break up the meat while it browns. Add the red wine after meat is almost done cooking (about 8-12 minutes).
Step Three: Add can of whole peeled tomatoes along with its liquid. Be sure to break up the tomatoes with your hands so they are bite sized. Add tomato paste, oregano, salt and pepper to taste. Cook unti lsauce thickens.
Step Four: You can skip this step, but you risk having a runny sauce if you do. Take that cake pan and put your sauce you've been cooking into it, cover with foil, and bake for 45 minutes at 350 degrees. Remove, add basil and fresh parsley.
Step Five: Cook pasta according to directions. Add parmesan to sauce and serve over pasta. Feel free to drizzle a little olive oil on top of it all; eat with a side salad.
Labels: ground beef, pasta, sauce, tomatoes
