We all have our own way of making that famous pot of spaghett! Some of us can't do without a certain ingredient or it just won't taste right! My pot of spaghetti must have ground round or italian sausage... LOVE IT! What's your main ingredient that you can't do without?
2007-06-02 05:29:52 · 19 answers · asked by Anonymous in Food & Drink ➔ Cooking & Recipes
Like everyone mentioned garlic, basil, oregano but my secret ingredient is rubbed sage, just a little 1/2 teaspoon at the end of cooking. Gives it a really good tang.
2007-06-02 07:46:03 · answer #1 · answered by kerrbear 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Spaghetti sauce just isn't spaghetti sauce without a hefty dose of fresh basil and oregano -- not to mention some just-grated Parmesan and Romano cheese.
I love to make homemade tomato sauce when I have the time. But failing that, I add crushed and microwaved plum tomatoes to the best storebought sauce I can get my hands on.
If I'm in St. Louis, I like to go to the Hill and buy sauce and pasta from an Italian grocery like DiGregorio's. Their pasta and sauce are made from scratch, and I can add my own fresh ingredients when I get them home!
2007-06-02 12:37:55 · answer #2 · answered by Wolfeblayde 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Um--tomatoes? LOL Seriously though, I don't like a gravy (as many of us who are of Italian descent call it) that's too watery, so I use a combination of whole canned tomatoes, diced tomatoes and crushed tomatoes and then a tablespoon or so of tomato paste for good measure.
The next few ingredients I couldn't live without would be red wine, fresh chopped garlic, onions and some fresh chopped parsley cooked in a bit of butter and olive oil, basil, both dried and fresh, a whole bay leaf that will be plucked out later, and a palmful of what's commonly referred to as 'dried Italian seasoning.' as well as a pinch of crushed red pepper.
For specialty sauces I might add lots of pre browned meat or meatballs, or even lamb, and I also make a slamming sauce that's really cheap to make which includes everything above, except the meat, and about 10 anchovies fried in olive oil (don't worry--they melt as you cook them and they are NOT fishy when they're cooked-they taste kind of...nutty) and then I add about two cans of chopped black olives and a pinch or more to taste of crushed red pepper--but the idea is that's it's spicy. That's my take of a puttanesta or puttanesca sauce (harlot's sauce) and it's quick and delicious.
2007-06-02 13:12:07 · answer #3 · answered by mrpeachycat 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Garlic
2007-06-02 12:35:37 · answer #4 · answered by upallniteowl 5 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Oregano Tomatoes onion
2007-06-02 12:35:46 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Garlic.
2007-06-02 12:36:35 · answer #6 · answered by happyme19672003 4 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Mine has to have a dash of oregano and basil.
2007-06-02 12:36:23 · answer #7 · answered by johnsredgloves 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Oregano or fresh basil.
2007-06-02 12:33:52 · answer #8 · answered by Cricket 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
i love everything except the sausage.
2007-06-02 13:14:39 · answer #9 · answered by Onomatopoeia 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There are a few, but the main one is GARLIC.
2007-06-02 12:38:06 · answer #10 · answered by chefgrille 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋