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Brief Description
Mom’s lighter version of spaghetti
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Main Ingredient
Pasta and ground meat
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Category: Main Dish
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Cuisine: American
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Prep Time: 5 min(s)
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Cook Time: 25 min(s)
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Recipe Type: Public
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Posted By: janetmanigan
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Posted On: May 31, 2020
Number of Servings:
Ingredients:
- 1 1/2 pounds - Ground meat Turkey or beef
- 2 tablespoons - Olive oil
- 1/2 - Medium onion Diced
- 3 cloves - Garlic Minced
- 1 1/2 teaspoons - Salt To taste
- 1 teaspoons - Pepper To taste
- 1 1/2 teaspoons - Oregano To taste
- 1 teaspoons - Cumin To taste
- 1 pounds - Dry spaghetti noodles
- 1 1/2 cans - Canned tomato sauce with no added salt About 12 ounces
- 14 cups - Water Divided
- 6 leaves - Fresh basil Diced
- 1 teaspoons - Parsley
- 1 teaspoons - Thyme
- 3 sprigs - Fresh rosemary Diced
- - Red pepper flakes For topping
Directions:
Fill Dutch oven with cold water 3/4 full, approximately 12 cups of water. Bring to a boil.
As water boils, heat olive oil on pan and add ground meat. Sauté until beginning to brown. Add all seasonings, spices, and herbs then mix. Add in onion and garlic. Sauté until fragrant and softened. Meat should be cooked all the way through.
Add canned tomato sauce then fill up can with cold water (approximately 1 cup). Stir together in pan then let it all come to a simmer.
Meanwhile, once pasta water boils then add salt to water and add pasta noodles. Stir regularly so that noodles do not stick. Time according to box or approximately 11 minutes. Can check if noodles are ready by pressing a noodle against the side of the pan and see that it is soft enough to cut with spoon. Once al denta, strain pasta then return to Dutch oven.
Once meat mixture has simmered and reduced several minutes, add to Dutch oven and mix.
Serve and enjoy with pinch of red pepper flakes and grated Parmesan cheese with some garlic bread on the side.
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