‘Twas a Labor of Love, but Worth It! 🍝
(CookingWithGoats)I had a ton of cherry tomatoes from my garden that I needed to do something with. I figured today would be a perfect day to make some spaghetti sauce and homemade noodles. When I went to the local grocery store my son works at to pick up the rest of the goods and told him the plan, the biggest smile emerged on his face (nothing better than making my son happy).
When I got home, I roasted the tomatoes with some olive oil garlic cloves, salt, pepper, and thyme.
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When finished, I cooked down the tomatoes and garlic with some onion, oregano, basil, and of course, more thyme.
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I took an immersion blender to the mix and my “crushed tomatoes” were complete.
I browned a pound of beef and a half pound of pork with a large onion, added my crushed tomatoes, salt, two cups of water, a cup of tomato paste, and a dash of red pepper flakes and brown sugar. I let it simmer on low for three and a half hours.
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In the interim, I made my noodles. I haven’t quite mastered these yet, but I’m getting better. I kneaded the dough for ten minutes, let it rest for 30, and used my pasta maker I inherited from my grandma. Cranked that baby out! \o
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I put the pasta noodles in for 1.5 minutes right before I was ready to serve.
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I started this venture at 1pm and we just finished eating, but I made a ton of sauce and will have lots of leftovers that I will freeze. The noodles? I may have to used boxed next time, but the homemade are a million times better and tastier! My young man was extremely happy and so was I :)
