Pasta sauce recipes

[Chaos81]

I know we've got some people who like to cook on here, so lets hear it. Anybody have any good pasta sauce recipes?

Was watching "Everyday Italian" on the food network and thought of this.

[gta95]

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Anyone know how to make a good vodka sauce? I love the stuff.

[SportsTop]

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Anyone know how to make a good vodka sauce? I love the stuff.

Rachael Ray has a really good one I made a while ago:

1 tablespoon extra-virgin olive oil, once around the pan in a slow stream
1 tablespoon butter
2 cloves garlic, minced
2 shallots, minced
1 cup vodka
1 cup chicken stock
1 can crushed tomatoes (32 ounces)
Coarse salt and pepper
16 ounces pasta, such as penne rigate
1/2 cup heavy cream
20 leaves fresh basil, shredded or torn
Crusty bread, for passing


Heat a large skillet over moderate heat. Add oil, butter, garlic, and shallots. Gently saute shallots for 3 to 5 minutes to develop their sweetness. Add vodka to the pan, 3 turns around the pan in a steady stream will equal about 1 cup. Reduce vodka by half, this will take 2 or 3 minutes. Add chicken stock, tomatoes. Bring sauce to a bubble and reduce heat to simmer. Season with salt and pepper.
While sauce simmers, cook pasta in salted boiling water until cooked to al dente (with a bite to it). While pasta cooks, prepare your salad or other side dishes.

Stir cream into sauce. When sauce returns to a bubble, remove it from heat. Drain pasta. Toss hot pasta with sauce and basil leaves. Pass pasta with crusty bread.

I grilled up some Italian sausages, sliced them up and put them in it. Grilled chicken would also be good.

[Cebby]

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Buy RAGU and some beef/sausage and mix that together.

Homemade sauces are for people with mad skills in the kitchen. Using someone else's recipe is frowned upon.

[CMH]

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Frowned upon?

I like being experimental with things. I don't know but it seems pretty natural to me to know what will taste good and what won't.

But I don't cook often so I have nothing to share.

[SportsTop]

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Buy RAGU and some beef/sausage and mix that together.

Homemade sauces are for people with mad skills in the kitchen. Using someone else's recipe is frowned upon.

I have no idea where you are getting that from.

[pk500]

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Buy RAGU and some beef/sausage and mix that together.

Homemade sauces are for people with mad skills in the kitchen. Using someone else's recipe is frowned upon.

Ragu? That's a woman's period in a jar.

Making sauce involves little more than opening cans of tomato sauce and paste, chopping veggies and adding spice. It's not hard.

Take care,
PK

[Chief Illinimac]

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Ragu? That's a woman's period in a jar.

Making sauce involves little more than opening cans of tomato sauce and paste, chopping veggies and adding spice. It's not hard.

Take care,
PK

The truth has been spoken.

[CMH]

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Ragu? That's a woman's period in a jar.

Damn, I'll never look at Ragu the same way again. Thanks.

[Chaos81]

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Using someone else's recipe is frowned upon.

Isn't that what you'd be doing when using Ragu..........

Making sauce involves little more than opening cans of tomato sauce and paste, chopping veggies and adding spice. It's not hard.

Gee thanks PK, what would I ever do without you.

[p_rushing]

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I use recipes from others all the time. I make substitutions for different things or leave something out if I know I don't like it, but if you don't know what goes into something, how are you going to cook it. I can cook very well and most people are shocked when they taste my food, but I always cook from other people's recipes I get off the internet. I'm not a professional chef, so I don't care where I get the recipe from, I just care that it taste good.

[Chaos81]

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I grilled up some Italian sausages, sliced them up and put them in it. Grilled chicken would also be good.

That sounds quite tasty. I'll have to give it a try.

The truth has been spoken.

You don't cook much do you?

I'm not a professional chef, so I don't care where I get the recipe from, I just care that it taste good.

Same here, which is why I was asking the question. There are things out there that I've seen that I would never think to try. Getting a recipe helps my creative side, and allows you to see what goes together.

[pk500]

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Gee thanks PK, what would I ever do without you.

Eat Ragu!

Seriously, combine tomato paste and tomato sauce in a crockpot or pan until you get the consistency you like. A touch of olive oil -- don't use vegetable oil! -- also helps with the consistency and adds taste. Chop up some fresh garlic and add it to taste. Do the same with a white onion. Then add some oregano to taste. Now for the secret ingredient: Add just a touch of brown sugar to take the bitter bite out of the sauce.

You can add meat if you'd like, or really jazz up that base sauce with crushed red pepper or cayenne pepper.

Take care,
PK

[PVarck31]

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I have a personal recipe that i always use. I will not eat pre flavored tomato sauce.

2 cans of HUNTS tomato sauce. (unseasoned)
2 tbls of extra virgin olive oil
cover the top with garlic powdwer, or fry up some fresh garlic before you dump the sauce in.
sprinkle some oregano, basil, and black pepper, or crushed red pepper if you like it spicy.
never ever add sugar

I have been told its some great gravy!

[Chaos81]

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bunch of stuff....

See, that wasn't so hard was it? Thanks.

I have a personal recipe that i always use.

Thanks man.