So on the way home last night in that torrential rain storm, I asked Rand what he wanted for dinner and he casually responded, how about some spaghetti sauce? Not one to disappoint him, I said yes and then went on to figuring out how to make the spaghetti sauce which typically requires about 4 [...]
Posts Tagged ‘sauce’
Spaghetti Sauce
Posted in Recipes, food, tagged sauce on December 12, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Pork Loin et al
Posted in Recipes, entertaining, food, tagged asparagus, loin, pan, pork, sauce on August 23, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Saturday morning and I’ve already made Pork Loin with a simple pan sauce (recipe to follow), and I am planning on making my Chicken dish which I am going to enter into the National Chicken Cooking contest (that’s for tomorrow). Monday I am doing the peach cheesecake again and making stuffed heirloom tomatoes which I decided to [...]
Pasticcio
Posted in Our family, Recipes, entertaining, food, tagged lamb, meat, pasticcio, sauce, stewed on April 28, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Pasticchio
Lamb stew:
2 pounds lamb shoulder, cubed into 1 ½ inch cubes
½ cup onion, chopped finely
½ cup celery, chopped finely
¼ cup carrot, chopped finely
3 garlic cloves, minced
Salt and Pepper
½ teaspoon ground Allspice
1 tablespoon Tomato paste
Scant ¼ cup Balsamic vinegar
1 cup full bodied red wine (such as Cabernet or Pinot)
1 28 ounce can tomato puree
1 cup water
1 [...]
Spaghetti sauce
Posted in Early memories, Recipes, entertaining, tagged pasta, sauce, spaghetti on April 24, 2008 | 2 Comments »
The line from Goodfellas goes like this. “Did you put in the pork?” And the response? “Well, that’s the flava….” Pork is an essential ingredient in my Sunday sauce. I say Sunday sauce (or gravy for those of you from Hoboken), because this type of a rich Bolognese type sauce was typically prepared on a [...]
