Spaghetti Sauce

Camping dinner made easy with
sauce pre-made

Spaghetti Sauce: NOT to be confused with Greg’s Pasta Sauce…Which, if you’ve ever asked for the recipe of, you will have encountered a sly: "Sorry! You have to marry into the family for that one!"

Although I won’t share the Greg’s Pasta Sauce recipe - I’m happy to have you over for dinner and feed you some! We can talk about how the recipe got written down one hand measurement or eye-ball measurement translation at a time... And then you'll ask: Who is this Greg and why is this his sauce? I'll tell you a story about his 2 year church mission to Italy and learning how to cook from tiny old ladies. We’ll share words of affirmation at how awesome and magnificent the sauce is. Maybe even cry tears of joy for having such good food to share! And I’ll tell you how when both of our families had teeny-tiny kids we would scheme during church meetings to figure out who had what ingredients and then make it for supper that night. 

This is a little bit second fiddle - but just as tasty in a different more American way. GREAT NEWS! I am able to share this recipe on my blog because I am under no pinky promise to keep it within the family ties. 

The spaghetti sauce has its own history. Gavin typed out the instructions somewhere around his junior or senior year in high school. When he asked me to teach him how to make it he asked, "Why isn't it in your huge binder of collected favorites?? Where is the recipe?". 

It was in my head from a mesh of manicotti, lasagna and pizza sauce recipes I loved. We all have Gavin to thank for its existence outside of my brain.

THANK YOU GAVIN!

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Spaghetti Sauce Recipe

Ingredients:

1/4  cup Bertolli's olive oil

2 lb. limited ingredient sausage (2 Hot Kroger Brand prefered)

2 large or 3 medium Yellow Onions 

2 Bundles Garlic

3 Cans tomato sauce (29-30 OZ)

SPICES:

1 TBSP. Sugar

2 teasp. coarse ground black pepper 

4 TBSP. Basil

5 TBSP. Oregano 

2-3 teasp. Kosher salt

About 20 Red Pepper flakes 

Instructions:

1. In large pot, cook all sausage in Bertolli’s olive oil until browned
2. Add both onions finely chopped 
3. Cook onions until caramelized/brown
4. IF onions stick to the bottom of the pan, Add 1-2 Tbs. of Olive oil
5. Turn stove down to a simmer (simmer high at Davis house)
6. Add garlic and spices, cook an additional 5- 8 minutes stirring continually until fragrant
7. Add all tomato sauce, stir until all ingredients are well combined (keep on simmer) 
8.   Cook 30 minutes, stirring every 5 minutes (sauce will turn a deep red)
9. Turn off heat and enjoy with cooked spaghetti noodles

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