I made some spaghetti last night and apparently Italians don't usually use meat in their spaghetti? I tried to use tomato paste, peeled tomatoes, diced tomatoes, onions, and garlic. Came out pretty good, but what would a traditional spaghetti recipe be?
(Pinterest actually had all their recipes with ground beef or meatballs.)
by FuriousBlack01
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Mix the pasta into the sauce with a splash of the pasta water while it’s still in the pan. Heat for a couple of minutes and then serve, it’s much better! Also, tomato sauce is better the longer you cook it so keep it low and slow for as long as you can. Would also recommend adding a pinch of sugar to offset any bitterness.
For one thing, you should always mix the pasta and sauce together. That way, the pasta absorbs the sauce and takes on those flavors. You can add meat to your sauce. Use ground beef, hot Italian sausage, or sweet Italian sausage. Bolognese is a meat sauce popular in the Bologna region of Italy. There’s also Amatriciana, which is a tomato sauce with Pecorino Romano, black pepper, and guanciale (cured pork jowl) that is popular in Rome. And if you’re using parmesan cheese, don’t use that pre-shredded stuff. Use Parmigiano Reggiano cheese. It melts into the sauce and has better flavor.
Literally tomatoes, oregano, basil, salt and pepper. In a pan heat some oil with a whole garlic clove, or onion if you like it more, cook the passata, add spices and, at the end, basil. No meat or other stuff needed. Italian cuisine is about quality of ingredients, not quantity