Archive for Sauces
Nov
06
Mafalde Bolognese Sauce- Meat Sauce
Posted by: | CommentsRecipe: Mafalde with Bolognese Sauce – Meat Sauce
Summary: Mafalde Bolognese Sauce is a hearty, rich , flavorful and filling meat sauce. This is comfort food to me. This dish is even better the next day.

Ingredients
- 1 lb of Mafalde Pasta. (or your choice of pasta)
- ½ lb beef
- ½ lb veal
- ½ lb sausage, no casing.
- 1 carrot, diced
- 1 onion, diced
- about 5 cloves of sliced garlic
- ¼ cup heavy cream- (optional)
- 2 large cans of whole tomato’s , Crushed tomatoes works fine too. So your preference.
- Salt, pepper, and if you like crushed red chili’s. Adjust to your liken.
- Grated cheese ( optional) to your liking.
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Oct
27
Spring Pesto Sauce
Posted by: | CommentsRecipe: Spring Pesto Sauce
Summary: Spring Pesto Sauce is a great pesto in the summer, hot or cold I prefer short pasta shapes with this pesto. Add shrimp, olives, lemon zest and what a picnic.

Ingredients
- 2 large bushel of fresh mint.
- ¼ cup of toasted almonds
- ½ fresh squeezed lemon
- 1 handful fresh spinach cleaned.
- 2 cloves of garlic
- ½ cup -1 cup or more extra virgin olive oil.
- ½ cup of grated parmigiana cheese.
- Salt and pepper
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Oct
27
Winter Pesto Sauce
Posted by: | CommentsRecipe: Winter Pesto Sauce
Summary: Winter Pesto Sauce easy breezy, I like some lemon zest over my pasta with this dish, enjoy.

Ingredients
- 1 cleaned bushel fresh parsley
- ½ cup of toasted wallnuts. Toast them yourself. Use a frying pan.
- ½ fresh squeezed lemon.
- 2 cloves of garlic ,
- salt and pepper,
- about ½ a cup of extra virgin olive oil
- ¼ cup fresh grated parmigiano reggiano cheese.
Oct
27
Pomodoro Sauce
Posted by: | CommentsRecipe: Pomodoro Sauce
Summary: Pomodoro Sauce

Ingredients
- 1 large can of whole plum tomato’s
- ½ medium onion diced small
- 2 cloves of garlic
- ½ a stick of butter
- few leaves of basil
- salt & pepper
- extra virgin olive oil
Oct
27
Spicy Balsamico
Posted by: | CommentsRecipe: Spicy Balsamico
Summary: Spicy Balsamico is great for sandwiches, steaks, fish, grilled vegetables
Ingredients
- 1 cup of balsamic vinegar, a decent brand not too expensive.
- 1 ¼ of honey
- 1 harbanaro chili, use what you have, OR YOU CAN LEAVE IT OUT !
Oct
27
Brandywine Tomato Pool
Posted by: | CommentsRecipe: Brandywine Tomato Pool
Summary: Brandywine Tomato Pool
Ingredients
- Brandywine tomatoes preferably, if you cant find this variety, use a good heirloom tomato, and only in season, ideally mid- late summer.
- White bread
- cucumber bell peppers
- 1 chili your choice.
- I like a nice small heirloom yellow skinned pepper.
- Fresh grated horseradish, find the real horseradish root.
- Sherry vinegar.
- Extra virgin olive oil.
- Salt and pepper.
- Fresh mint.
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Oct
25
Spaghetti Squash Puttanesca
Posted by: | CommentsRecipe: Spaghetti Squash Puttanesca
Summary: Spaghetti Squash Puttanesca

Ingredients
- 1 med to large spaghetti squash
- 1 large can of whole plum tomato sauce
- About 5 cloves of fresh sliced garlic
- 1 cup of capers (Make sure you rinse them on cold water and drain)
- 1 cup of your favorite pitted olives (That means no pits)
- Tea spoon crushed red chilli flakes.
- Some good extra virgin olive oil