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Spaghetti is my favorite food! I ate it by the pound when I was an athlete in high school. I love how versatile it can be. You can go as simple as a jar from the store (not my favorite, but its something) to this recipe here.
Although its hearty and has a variety of textures and tastes, this spaghetti is surprisingly cheap. You can go even cheaper by leaving out the meat!
I recently started making my own pasta, and this recipe includes one for spaghetti noodles! Definitely worth the effort if you have a little extra time!
Ingredients
- 48oz canned tomato sauce
- 3 – 14.5oz cans of diced tomatoes
- 1lb ground Italian sausage
- 1lb Italian linked sausage
- 4TBS olive oil
- 3/4 lb brown crimini mushrooms
- 2 green bell peppers
- 3/4 cup Italian seasoning
- 1/2 cup onion powder
- 1/2 cup garlic powder
- 3 eggs
- 1 1/2 cup flour
For the Pasta
Instructions
- In two separate pans, cook the ground sausage and sausage links in olive oil (2TBS per pan) until cooked through. Remove from heat, drain oil, and set aside.
- In large sauce pan, add tomato sauce, diced tomatoes, and spices. Cover and bring to a slow boil over medium heat. Once the sauce begins to bubble, add the sliced bell peppers and mushrooms. Cover and bring back up to a low boil.
- Lower heat and simmer for 1 ½ hours. Add tomato paste. Simmer for an additional 30 minutes.
- Layer sauce over al dente angel hair pasta. Top with grated parmesan cheese.
- Put the flour into a mixing bowl. Make a well in the center of the flour.
- Crack eggs into the flour, pop yolks and mix flour into the eggs in the well using a fork. Then thoroughly combine mixture until you have formed a dough. If it sticky, add small amounts of flour until the desired consistency. If dry and cracking, add small amounts of water until the desired consistency.
- Use an adjustable pasta roller to finish the dough. Place the dough through the roller at the largest size setting. Adjust the roller down a size and roll pasta sheet through again. If holes form in the sheet fold in half and place back into roller at the same thickness you just used. Continue rolling pasta, adjusting to next lowest setting until desired thickness. If your roller comes with a spaghetti cutting tool, use it to slice the sheet. If not, place sheet on large clean prep surface. Use a very sharp knife to cut noodles to desired length and width.
- Allow pasta to dry flat. Once dry, store in an airtight container until ready to cook. Cook pasta in boiling salted water until desired doneness.
Homemade Pasta