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Re: Best pasta sacue ever?
« Reply #1 on: March 03, 2020, 01:32:40 AM »
https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/544003/pasta-sauce-hailed-worlds-best-surprisingly-easy-make-home


Sounds great!

That's very close to how I make tomato soup.  (That plus 2 cups of water is the recipe I started with, but it's too bland)

It's probably a decent pasta sauce, but I don't believe all the hype.
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Re: Best pasta sacue ever?
« Reply #2 on: March 03, 2020, 07:32:34 AM »
Yeah.... no.

First off, the tomatoes should be seeded. Seeds can make the sauce bitter.

Secondly, even after 45 minutes I'm not sure that the tomatoes would break down sufficiently to make a decent sauce.

Lastly, no freaking herbs or spices? Yeah... no thanks.
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Re: Best pasta sacue ever?
« Reply #3 on: March 03, 2020, 08:35:35 PM »
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Re: Best pasta sacue ever?
« Reply #4 on: March 04, 2020, 05:58:25 PM »
Yeah.... no.

First off, the tomatoes should be seeded. Seeds can make the sauce bitter.

Secondly, even after 45 minutes I'm not sure that the tomatoes would break down sufficiently to make a decent sauce.

Lastly, no freaking herbs or spices? Yeah... no thanks.

Thanks for the seed tip.  =)

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Re: Best pasta sauce ever?
« Reply #5 on: March 05, 2020, 08:18:43 AM »
Has anyone here actually tried it?

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Re: Best pasta sauce ever?
« Reply #6 on: March 05, 2020, 08:31:46 AM »
I may give it a whirl this weekend if I'm feeling like being underwhelmed.
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Re: Best pasta sauce ever?
« Reply #7 on: March 05, 2020, 08:50:10 AM »
I may give it a whirl this weekend if I'm feeling like being underwhelmed.

Make it straight the first time, then when [I predict] it sucks, you can fix it -- because it's probably almost good.  Add some black pepper, garlic and oregano, and maybe use a beef bouillon cube instead of the salt.  Oh, and chop up the cooked onion and add it back.  OTOH, maybe it actually is good just like it is, but there is so much hype about it I don't see how.

My tomato soup recipe is based on this recipe but watered down.  The first try, when I followed the recipe exactly was pretty bad but I thought it had potential.  All what it needed to be a decent soup (with a little trial and error) was celery, bouillon, and a just little sugar.  I blend it up with a stick blender, then run it thru a seive to get the remaining celery strings and any tomato skins and seeds out.
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Re: Best pasta sauce ever?
« Reply #8 on: March 05, 2020, 09:17:43 AM »
You and I are pretty much 100% in agreement of what it likely will need. I can't imagine a tomato sauce without garlic, basil, and oregano. I also can't imagine it without white wine; I always use white wine when I make tomato sauce at home. Alcohol liberates flavor compounds that water and fat won't.
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Re: Best pasta sauce ever?
« Reply #9 on: March 05, 2020, 09:38:51 AM »
You and I are pretty much 100% in agreement of what it likely will need. I can't imagine a tomato sauce without garlic, basil, and oregano. I also can't imagine it without white wine; I always use white wine when I make tomato sauce at home. Alcohol liberates flavor compounds that water and fat won't.

Any reason not to use red wine?  I don't cook w/ wine so I don't know, but I often have a box of Vella burgundy open.  (I'm not going to open any soon; I'm abstaining from alcohol for Lent and don't want a half bottle of wine or an open box to tempt me)

I saw Jamie Oliver cooking some lasagna on TV recently, and he just used fresh sage for the herbs (instead of oregano, basil, thyme, etc)  Might be interesting...
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Re: Best pasta sauce ever?
« Reply #10 on: March 05, 2020, 10:52:40 AM »
I also would like Mike's input on the white wine.  I almost always pour in a glug or two of a hearty red.
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Re: Best pasta sauce ever?
« Reply #11 on: March 05, 2020, 11:01:21 AM »
I use white wine because I generally prefer (and have on hand) white wine, but red wines work perfectly, as well.

I've never been much of a red wine drinker, but I really enjoy a lot of whites, and whenever I cook with wine I like to have a glass.

But, I've started using more red wines in my cooking, particularly Malbec for chili and Burgundy and Pinot Noir for stew, though, so adding whatever kind of wine you have on hand (or even hard spirits like gin or vodka) is perfectly OK.
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Re: Best pasta sauce ever?
« Reply #12 on: March 05, 2020, 01:11:12 PM »
I've used vodka and bourbon in pastry dough.  Works well.
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Re: Best pasta sauce ever?
« Reply #13 on: March 05, 2020, 01:51:38 PM »
I've used vodka and bourbon in pastry dough.  Works well.

That application is generally less for flavor and more for cutting down on gluten formation. The alcohol provides hydration to the flour, but it won't allow the two proteins in the flour to interact to form gluten.
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Re: Best pasta sauce ever?
« Reply #14 on: March 05, 2020, 03:20:35 PM »
On white vs red, comes down to flavor profiles. For things like a basic tomato sauce or with chicken, white tends to interact better. Red with beef or pork sauces.

That said, the recipe is rubbish.

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Re: Best pasta sauce ever?
« Reply #15 on: March 05, 2020, 03:24:36 PM »
You and I are pretty much 100% in agreement of what it likely will need. I can't imagine a tomato sauce without garlic, basil, and oregano. I also can't imagine it without white wine; I always use white wine when I make tomato sauce at home. Alcohol liberates flavor compounds that water and fat won't.

I can't either, but maybe we just aren't imaginative enough. :)  It won't be a traditional sauce but it will taste like cooked tomatoes, and it's creamy from the butter.  Garlic and basil and pepper flakes, etc. might get in the way (I don't think so)


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Re: Best pasta sacue ever?
« Reply #16 on: March 05, 2020, 08:26:56 PM »
Yeah.... no.

First off, the tomatoes should be seeded. Seeds can make the sauce bitter.

Secondly, even after 45 minutes I'm not sure that the tomatoes would break down sufficiently to make a decent sauce.

Lastly, no freaking herbs or spices? Yeah... no thanks.

Yeah, no basil, oregano, etc., what's the point?  A can of Ragu might have more flavor...

Anyone got a good meat sauce recipe?
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Re: Best pasta sauce ever?
« Reply #17 on: March 05, 2020, 08:43:06 PM »
Google "world's best lasagna recipe".

I started making this lasagna I found at allrecipes.com and use the leftover sauce as pasta sauce.

Of course I tweek it a bit.
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Re: Best pasta sauce ever?
« Reply #18 on: March 06, 2020, 07:41:17 AM »
"Anyone got a good meat sauce recipe?"

I made Alton Brown's meat sauce once.

It's really fantastic, but it has a LOT of moving parts.

https://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/alton-brown/meat-sauce-and-spaghetti-recipe-1917618


I eat a lot of pasts and ground turkey. I have it, on average, 3 times a week during the week. It's quick, easy, and I can control the portion sizes. I also throw in frozen broccoli to quickly cook with the pasta.

Anymore, though, I'm not eating a lot of red sauce... I'm using an olive oil, herb, and lemon juice sauce.
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Re: Best pasta sauce ever?
« Reply #19 on: March 09, 2020, 07:51:04 AM »
Well, I bought the can of tomatoes, but I decided to make a meatloaf instead of pasta for dinner.
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Re: Best pasta sauce ever?
« Reply #20 on: March 09, 2020, 09:00:46 AM »
You and I are pretty much 100% in agreement of what it likely will need. I can't imagine a tomato sauce without garlic, basil, and oregano. I also can't imagine it without white wine; I always use white wine when I make tomato sauce at home. Alcohol liberates flavor compounds that water and fat won't.

I wonder if no garlic, herbs, or spices might be a northern Italy thing? 
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Re: Best pasta sauce ever?
« Reply #21 on: March 09, 2020, 09:52:28 AM »
I wonder if no garlic, herbs, or spices might be a northern Italy thing? 

Some of the historic deep dish pizza places in Chicago have sauces that are very very lightly seasoned compared to traditional thin crust pizzas.

The seasoning and flavor come primarily from the meat(s) and toppings.
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Re: Best pasta sauce ever?
« Reply #22 on: March 09, 2020, 10:13:20 AM »
That makes sense when you're talking about a complex dish that has multiple ingredients.

But when the dish is simple, with essentially 1 main ingredient (pasta)? I just don't see it.
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« Reply #23 on: March 09, 2020, 10:42:31 AM »
That makes sense when you're talking about a complex dish that has multiple ingredients.

But when the dish is simple, with essentially 1 main ingredient (pasta)? I just don't see it.

I've been trying to perfect making my own deep dish pizza as I'm hoping to be out of Illinois in the near future and won't have easy access to legit DD.

After trying both lightly seasoned and more traditional pizza sauce recipes Ive been going with the more traditionaly seasoned sauce.

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Re: Best pasta sacue ever?
« Reply #24 on: March 09, 2020, 11:16:22 AM »
Yeah, no basil, oregano, etc., what's the point?  A can of Ragu might have more flavor...

Anyone got a good meat sauce recipe?

My wife has a recipe for her sauce. She comes from old school Italian cooking, if the sauce hasn't simmered for 12 hours or so it isn't fit for human consumption. It is usually a two day process for her, but there are always lots of leftovers to be frozen and used on lasagna or other pasta.

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