Wednesday, September 11, 2013

Huge Batch of Garden Spaghetti Sauce

I just used 50 tomatoes from my garden to make a huge pot of spaghetti sauce! I pulled up my tiny little red onions that I grew -- none larger than a golf ball -- and used them as well. I also used fresh oregano and basil from the garden. I bought a couple pounds of local, grass-fed ground beef at the Phipps Farmers Market and included that as well. 

  • 1 medium to large red onion
  • a dozen cloves of garlic
  • 8 Tablespoons of olive oil
  • about 50 tiny tomatoes and 2 or 3 small ones, diced
  • 5 cans tomato paste
  • 5 cans of water
  • 1/2 to 1 Cup sugar
  • 10-20 leaves of fresh basil
  • 5-10 6 inch stems of fresh oregano 
  • 2 pounds of grass-fed ground beef
  1. Cook first three ingredients (oil, onion, garlic) for about 5 minutes and add to large pot.
  2. Add diced tomatoes, tomato paste, water, sugar, and some of the herbs. Simmer over low heat for 2-3 hours total.
  3. Brown ground beef and add to the pot.
  4. Add more herbs throughout cooking process.
I got those 3 black cherry tomatoes on the left from Tricia's garden
BEFORE I got chumped (not recently).



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