I make a great spaghetti sauce from scratch and prefer to serve seperate from the noodles & meatballs allowing guest to add what amount they want. I've gone to other places/homes that combine all and serve it that way. Do you have a preference how its served? thanks.
2007-09-10 08:09:50 · 24 answers · asked by "Priest" 3 in Food & Drink ➔ Entertaining
I am part Italian so have to make my own sauce. In our house I have to make spaghetti w/two different sauces. Some of us like the works and some do not like mushrooms, green peppers etc. I do, however, mix the sauce w/the noodles and meatballs. The only thing anybody has to add is the Parmesan cheese as we all like different amounts of cheese on our spaghetti and I do not like Parmesan at all.
2007-09-10 09:32:08 · answer #1 · answered by Kiki 2 · 1⤊ 1⤋
I like a little bit of both.
Cook pasta until it's just short of fully cooked, drain it, then finish it off in a sautee pan, medium high heat with some of the sauce. This allows the pasta to soak up more flavor. Make sure the sauce is good and bubbly before tossing the pasta with it. If you watch any cooking tv, this is the way they always do it, and it is really great. It also gets rid of the sticky pasta problem.
Italians stop right there, preferring their pasta to be less saucy. Like many Americans, I sometimes like extra sauce. You can just spoon that over the top when serving.
2007-09-10 08:37:01 · answer #2 · answered by christnp 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
We serve it seperate in our house and if I am doing a party I do it seperately. The kids often don't like sauce, some people don't eat meat, etc. Some like cheese and others don't.
My Mom use to mix it all together and my Dad always hated that. They were married for over 37 years and she would still do it that way. He loved to come to my place to eat spaghetti.
2007-09-10 08:45:50 · answer #3 · answered by hsmommy06 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
I used to mix the sauce with the pasta and serve it, but my daughter started taking a dislike to spaghetti sauce, so now I serve the pasta plain with the sauces on the side so they can choose which ones they want.
2007-09-10 08:24:07 · answer #4 · answered by legalchick791 5 · 1⤊ 1⤋
We usually toss the spaghetti in a large bowl, after draining, with a little butter or olive oil and some sauce to lightly coat. Serve the majority on the side with your meat.
2007-09-10 10:02:12 · answer #5 · answered by ~ Floridian`` 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
I love to have the spaghetti noodles served and then the sauce poured on top. I love roasted garlic sauce with fresh mushrooms, green & red peppers and a few hot peppers to spice it up. Yummy!
2007-09-10 08:28:40 · answer #6 · answered by Pink Princess 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋
In my house, it is served in the kitchen. The plates are made individually per each person's preference on sauce quantity, etc. Saves a lot of mess at the table!
2007-09-10 08:18:13 · answer #7 · answered by Brutally Honest 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
I combine the sauce and spaghetti. I don't add a lot of sauce though. It's usually thin instead of thick and on occasion I add parmesan.
2007-09-10 08:54:21 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
for just my boyfriend and i we mix the sauce and pasta (easier for leftovers), but if we were to have a guest, we would serve separate. i love spaghetti with Frank's Red Hot Sauce added in my dish. YUM!
2007-09-10 08:24:28 · answer #9 · answered by KRYSTL 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋
haha i just made it yesterday! and i serve the pasta to the side you know cause sometimes a person may need more noodles or less sauce whichever the case is. I think it is just messy to just mix the two b/c people have special nicks sometimes. I know my son does
2007-09-10 09:41:01 · answer #10 · answered by Yanni 5 · 1⤊ 1⤋