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Spaghetti Sauce Secrets

Posted on 3/21/13 at 10:24 am
Posted by bdevill
Baton Rouge, LA
Member since Mar 2008
11809 posts
Posted on 3/21/13 at 10:24 am
Recently I made a spaghetti sauce and added a cup of veal stock and I had some frozen leftover chicken broth with some trinity inside. I reduced the broth for a good while by boiling it on a low boil for appx 1 hour. I strained the reduction and added the chicken consumme to the spaghetti sauce.
These are two of the latest trials I've made in an effort to create a great spaghetti sauce.. What techniques do the F&D spaghetti lovers use to make their special red sauce?
Posted by michael corleone
baton rouge
Member since Jun 2005
5828 posts
Posted on 3/21/13 at 10:28 am to
Add your chopped garlic 30 minutes before you finish cooking and add your chopped basil after you turn the fire off.
Posted by Politiceaux
Member since Feb 2009
17654 posts
Posted on 3/21/13 at 10:29 am to
Anchovy paste and either pork or veal bones. I also like to brown my paste with onions.
Posted by bdevill
Baton Rouge, LA
Member since Mar 2008
11809 posts
Posted on 3/21/13 at 10:33 am to

Anchovy paste huh? I've never used it.. Good stuff?
Posted by OTIS2
NoLA
Member since Jul 2008
50194 posts
Posted on 3/21/13 at 10:34 am to
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Anchovy paste
Or minced filets.
Posted by OTIS2
NoLA
Member since Jul 2008
50194 posts
Posted on 3/21/13 at 10:34 am to
Adds great depth to the sauce.
Posted by Rohan2Reed
Member since Nov 2003
75674 posts
Posted on 3/21/13 at 10:36 am to
quote:

Anchovy paste


+1

I also use about half a cup of red wine, season throughout the cooking process, roast garlic before chopping it, add herbs (fresh basil & oregano) at the end.
Posted by Big Floppy TDs
Where the beer flows like wine
Member since Sep 2012
2910 posts
Posted on 3/21/13 at 10:37 am to
Mustard
Posted by OTIS2
NoLA
Member since Jul 2008
50194 posts
Posted on 3/21/13 at 10:38 am to
I've been doing a little celery and carrots with the onions, mirepoix, for added flavors. I use a food processor, to mince the carrots and cerely. They'll melt into the sauce. I kick up the herbs, crushed red, and a bay leaf or two, for my sauces, too. I like a robust sauce.
Posted by Rohan2Reed
Member since Nov 2003
75674 posts
Posted on 3/21/13 at 10:45 am to
My mother always uses carrots to give it sweetness. Hits it with an immersion blender to blend everything.

quote:

I like a robust sauce.


Ditto. Not a fan of these thin, weak pasta sauces. Sometimes I make a puttanesca to get a different take on traditional italian sauce but still have that amped up flavor.
Posted by LSU Piston
The 313
Member since Feb 2008
3844 posts
Posted on 3/21/13 at 10:48 am to

Chili powder
Posted by OTIS2
NoLA
Member since Jul 2008
50194 posts
Posted on 3/21/13 at 10:48 am to
quote:

traditional italian sauce
Theoretically, I want to like...but I can't. Too damn weak for my palate. And a bit of red wine goes in most of my efforts...most of the wine goes in me. Got to watch the sweetness factor with the carrots.
Posted by BottomlandBrew
Member since Aug 2010
27153 posts
Posted on 3/21/13 at 10:56 am to
Anyone feel like posting a recipe? Spaghetti sauce is something I've never made. Usually just use a jar of the store bought kind and I have yet to find one I'm happy with.
Posted by Brodeur
Member since Feb 2012
4622 posts
Posted on 3/21/13 at 10:58 am to
I doubt its a secret but I will add a can of original Rotel. If I want it less spicy I will drain the can first. More spicy, I just dump everything in there.
Posted by OldSouth
Folsom, LA
Member since Oct 2011
10943 posts
Posted on 3/21/13 at 11:00 am to
quote:

Mustard


I'll see it and raise you a Peanut Butter.
Posted by OTIS2
NoLA
Member since Jul 2008
50194 posts
Posted on 3/21/13 at 11:02 am to
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raise you a Peanut Butter.
Oh hell no. Ain't no roux in my sauce, so there ain't no peanut butter either.
Posted by Politiceaux
Member since Feb 2009
17654 posts
Posted on 3/21/13 at 11:02 am to
quote:

Anchovy paste huh? I've never used it.. Good stuff?
Yep. No fishy taste to the sauce at all. No worries about that.
Posted by Rohan2Reed
Member since Nov 2003
75674 posts
Posted on 3/21/13 at 11:03 am to
well this thread just jumped the shark
Posted by Politiceaux
Member since Feb 2009
17654 posts
Posted on 3/21/13 at 11:05 am to
quote:

I also use about half a cup of red wine, season throughout the cooking process, roast garlic before chopping it, add herbs (fresh basil & oregano) at the end.
Yep. I do both roasted and raw garlic at different stages.
quote:

I kick up the herbs, crushed red, and a bay leaf or two, for my sauces, too. I like a robust sauce.
Ditto.
Posted by OldSouth
Folsom, LA
Member since Oct 2011
10943 posts
Posted on 3/21/13 at 11:09 am to
quote:

well this thread just jumped the shark


Sorry, couldn't help myself, the peanut butter roux thing brings tears to my eyes.



Anyway, I would like to have a good recipe too. I love cooking anything that takes a looooong time.
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