Dinner at Oma’s
It's only fair to share...
Everyone has a “family spaghetti sauce recipe” here’s my Oma’s. Also included is her dill vinaigrette dressing which my cousins and I always just called “Oma dressing”
Dinner at Oma's
Everyone has a "family spaghetti sauce recipe" here's my Oma's. Also included is her dill vinaigrette dressing which my cousins and I always just called "Oma dressing"
Servings: 5 serving
Ingredients
For The Sauce
- 1 sauce bottle original ragu
- 700 g ground beef
- 1 onion large , chopped
- 4 tomato vine ripened , diced medium
- 2 carrot large diced (optional)
- 1 1/2 tsps sugar
- 3 beef bouillon
- vegetable oil
- spaghetti or ni
For The Salad
- 3/4 iceberg lettuce head , torn
- 1 onion small , diced
- 6 tbsps vinegar
- 1 1/2 tbsps water
- 1 1/2 tsps sugar
- salt
- pepper
- 1/8 tsp mustard powder
- 1 1/2 tbsps dill fresh minced
Instructions
- For The Sauceheat oil on medium in a large sauce pot, add ground beef, break apart and season with pepper. Once some liquid forms add a bouillon cube. Continue to brown thoroughly.
- Add onions and another bouillon cube, stir til cube has disintegrated.
- Stir in tomatoes, carrots (if your're using them) the last bouillon cube and the sugar. Cover and allow to simmer for 8-10 minutes until the tomatoes have broken down and the amount of liquid in the pot has increased.
- Stir in the ragu sauce. Cover and bring to a boil, then reduce heat to a low simmer and allow to simmer, covered for 20 minutes, stirring occasionally.
- Set your pasta water to boil and cook to package directions.
- For The Salad DressingIn a medium mixing bowl combine all ingredients but the lettuce.
- Put lettuce in a large salad bowl, toss with dressing just before serving.
It's only fair to share...