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Susan NielsenCreate a pasta masterpiece with Gabe's Original Salad Dressing & Marinade and Mama's Mediterranean Spices
Ingredients
- Gabe's Original Salad Dressing & Marinade Spices packet
- Mama's Mediterranean Spices packet
- One package of pasta of choice (I used linguini)
- One pound ground beef
- One pound ground sausage
- 10-15 meatballs of your choice
- One large green and/or yellow pepper
- Dry, red or green onions
- 24 ounces red or white sauce of choice (canned or prepared in food processor or fresh/privately canned)
- 6 ounces tomato paste
- 16 ounces stewed or crushed tomatoes (canned, prepared in food processor or fresh/privately canned)
- Grated parmesan cheese
- Fresh herbs (basil, parsley, cilantro)
Instructions
- Chop onions and peppers (set aside)
- Brown ground beef and sausage together
- Add peppers and onions to meat pan after about five minutes
- Sprinkle 2 tablespoons of Mama's Mediterranean spices on meat mixture in pan (stir spices well before adding to mix all 8 ingredients)
- Start water boiling for pasta
- Add 2 tablespoons of Gabe's Original Salad Dressing & Marinade dry spices to pasta water (stir spices well to mix all 10 ingredients before adding to the water)
- When meat is fully cooked, add sauce, paste and crushed/stewed tomatoes (do not drain meat fat unless it is more than 20%, but leave some fat for flavor!). Stir every five minutes to boiling
- Reduce pasta sauce heat to low
- Cook pasta in water seasoned with Gabe's Original spices
- Drain pasta (do not rinse! You will rinse away the seasonings!)
- Place pasta in a serving bowl or combine with pasta sauce
- If the former, pour sauce evening over pasta and toss.
- Add Gabe's Original Salad Dressing & Marinade (liquid already blended) to top of sauce and pasta. Toss again
- Sprinkle grated parmesan cheese (generously) on top of pasta
- Garnish with fresh herbs
Tips
Rinse the cans of sauce, paste and stewed tomatoes with red wine and add the wine to the sauce.
Use more Mama's Mediterranean Spices for a spicier overall flavor and heat level if desired (use less for a more modest kick, but that would be entirely boring!).
Prepare baked bread using Gabe's or Mama's liquid salad dressing.
Prepare a side salad dressed with Gabe's or Mama's salad dressing.
Enjoy with a bottle of Walla Walla wine (red, white or rosé ).
You've got an entire meal!
