The best food is freshly made at home. And you don't need to be fancy if your ingredients are simple and easily assembled. These spicy meatballs, the tomato sauce and the pasta are all easy to prepare separately in advance, and can be put together just before serving. Without the meatballs, for the vegetarians. With meatballs for the carnivores!
Tomato Sauce
When tomatoes are plentiful, I always have a bowl on my counter. You can make this sauce with 10 or 12 tomatoes, medium sized.
Tomatoes, 10 or 12 cut in quarters or smaller
Onion, large, chopped
Garlic, 3 cloves chopped
Hot pepper, small piece
Olive oil, half cup
Tomato paste, 3 tablespoons
Salt to taste
Rosemary leaves
Mushrooms, optional
Heat pot at medium to high heat. Add olive oil.
Add onion, garlic, hot pepper. After a couple minutes, throw in tomatoes.
Stir. Cover and reduce heat to medium-low.
Allow to cook for 10 minutes. Stir well.
Add the tomato paste. Add salt. Cover and continue to cook at low heat for another 10 minutes.
When the sauce is thick and jammy, add mushrooms. Sprinkle with rosemary. Cover and turn off heat.
You can serve this tomato sauce on any pasta of your choice, spaghetti, fusili, penne. Sprinkle liberally with parmesan cheese and it is a satisfying meal.
Spicy Meatballs
Minced lamb, about 2 lbs
Garlic, 2 cloves minced
Ginger, small piece minced fine
Soy sauce, 1 tablespoon
Salt, tip of a teaspoon
Flour, heaping teaspoon
Oil for frying, half cup (I use coconut)
Mix minced meat and seasonings and flour together. Heat oil to medium heat.
Pinch pebble-sized balls and drop in hot oil. Allow each batch of balls to cook on one side, then turn over.
Drain on absorbent paper.
Pasta
Boil pasta as instructed in salted water. Drain. Sprinkle with a little olive oil and cover.
For those choosing the meat option, place a few meatballs into a helping of sauce before topping the pasta.
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| When tomatoes are plentiful, there's always a bowl on my counter. |
Tomato Sauce
When tomatoes are plentiful, I always have a bowl on my counter. You can make this sauce with 10 or 12 tomatoes, medium sized.
Tomatoes, 10 or 12 cut in quarters or smaller
Onion, large, chopped
Garlic, 3 cloves chopped
Hot pepper, small piece
Olive oil, half cup
Tomato paste, 3 tablespoons
Salt to taste
Rosemary leaves
Mushrooms, optional
Heat pot at medium to high heat. Add olive oil.
Add onion, garlic, hot pepper. After a couple minutes, throw in tomatoes.
Stir. Cover and reduce heat to medium-low.
Allow to cook for 10 minutes. Stir well.
Add the tomato paste. Add salt. Cover and continue to cook at low heat for another 10 minutes.
When the sauce is thick and jammy, add mushrooms. Sprinkle with rosemary. Cover and turn off heat.
You can serve this tomato sauce on any pasta of your choice, spaghetti, fusili, penne. Sprinkle liberally with parmesan cheese and it is a satisfying meal.
Spicy Meatballs
Minced lamb, about 2 lbs
Garlic, 2 cloves minced
Ginger, small piece minced fine
Soy sauce, 1 tablespoon
Salt, tip of a teaspoon
Flour, heaping teaspoon
Oil for frying, half cup (I use coconut)
Mix minced meat and seasonings and flour together. Heat oil to medium heat.
Pinch pebble-sized balls and drop in hot oil. Allow each batch of balls to cook on one side, then turn over.
Drain on absorbent paper.
Pasta
Boil pasta as instructed in salted water. Drain. Sprinkle with a little olive oil and cover.
For those choosing the meat option, place a few meatballs into a helping of sauce before topping the pasta.
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| Spicy meatballs in tomato sauce on pasta |
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