Spaghetti Meat Sauce November 13, 2008

I guess the fancy word for this particular creation is “Ragu.”  In my vocabulary, I just call it “Spaghetti Meat Sauce”, or just “Meat Sauce.”  The cooking time for this was maybe 5 minutes to chop up some onion and garlic, 10 minutes to brown up some ground turkey and then a couple hours simmering away on the stove after throwing it all in a pot.  In my opinion, minimal work for several delicious meals!

Just after everything was thrown into the pot

A little closer to finish.. when everything is starting to mesh together nicely and it

Ready to eat! Yes, I am a huge fan of spicy.

Due to my amateur photography skills.. the photos I had gotten at better angles were unfortunately too blurry or focused in all the wrong areas.  I discovered this after scarfing down my pasta and packing away the leftovers into tupperware. Oh well!

This post’s “cooking guide”:

Ground Turkey (or beef.. or whatever)
2 16oz canned tomatoes
tomato paste (about half to a full small can of it)
1/2 an onion
a few cloves of garlic
italian seasonings/fresh herbs (whatever you have around)
salt
pepper
white wine (can use red wine, or chicken broth, or can be omitted)
oil

1. Heat up some oil
2. Chop the onions and garlic and throw it in the heated oil
3. Once they start getting brown (usually for me I just wait about 30 seconds… I don’t wait too long) throw in the ground turkey, some sprinkles of salt and pepper.
4. Once it’s all brown, pour in some wine.  I totally eyeball it, but I’d estimate about a half cup.
5. Pour in the canned tomatoes and tomato paste.
6. Toss in any other seasonings as desired.
7. Bring it all to a boil, then turn down the heat to low and let it simmer for awhile.  If I’m impatient I’ll start eating after a half hour.  But optimally, I’d let it go for an hour or 2.

Variations:
Sometimes, I just throw in the browned meat (with onions and garlic) into a crockpot with the rest of the ingredients and put it on low overnight.
Sometimes I”ll add any sausages (kielbasa works great!) if I have any on hand.

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