Here is my recipe for sauce. It is thick and tasty. You can make it in giant batches like I do and can it in Ball jars. They make small and large jars so you can have sauce for anytime and anything. There's nothing like your own home made pizza with REAL sauce on it instead of the junk out of a can.
Spaghetti Sauce alla Twitch
calories: 107 per cup (8oz)
Serves 3-4+
*you will be using as many cans you like, I am only giving a basic one family, 2 meals version. simply double, triple etc for more.
Ingredients:
2-28 oz (or so) cans tomato puree
2 cans tomato paste
4 large cloves garlic, pressed
handful of oregano
handful of salt
half handful pepper
(all handful items are to your taste, adjust as needed)
1/4 cup olive oil
bay leaves - 2 or 3
fresh basil leaves, to taste
Crush garlic and brown slightly in olive oil.
Add the tomato puree slowly as it will splash the oil. Use the empty cans for measure, and add one can of water for each can of puree.
Add the tomato paste.
Add all other ingredients.
Let this come to a hard boil and reduce to a steady boil with the lid ON the pot for 1/2 hour.
Reduce to a nice slow simmer with the lid ON for another hour, stirring frequently.
Tilt the lid on the pot to allow for the steam to escape and cook like this for another hour or two, stirring often.
Take the lid off and cook for another hour or 2 stirring often.
If you find the sauce becoming too thick, add water a little at a time until you like the consistency.
*the longer it cooks, the thicker it gets!
If you want to add meat to the sauce, simply brown any meat, sausage, ground and seasoned, bracciole,(<sp?) etc, in the pan with the garlic in the beginning of the recipe.
Remove the meat and add it when you begin to cook with the lid tilted. The meat will add tons of flavor to the sauce and make sure you DON'T clean the pot after browning it! That is where the flavor is.
If you want to add meatballs, you must make them first, fry or broil them and add them as per directions above.
No need to brown them like the other meat.
Don't worry if any meatballs are not fully cooked before adding to the sauce, cooking them for 3 hours will certainly finish them off nicely!
This is what 12 quarts of this looks like on the stove!
And put up for storage
