Easy Homemade Spaghetti Sauce Recipe

Easy homemade spaghetti sauce recipe. Tasty sauce for Italian spaghetti cooked in the slow cooker. You may also like Tomato Sauce:

Slow Cooker Tomato Sauce Recipe

This sauce and great for pizza muffins, pasta dishes, meatballs, poultry, etc.

Makes 2 cups (500 ml)

Ingredients: 1 tablespoon olive oil, 2 cloves garlic, peeled and crushed, finely grated zest of half lemon, 2 pounds (960 g) ripe tomatoes, peeled and roughly chopped, 4 tablespoons vegetable stock, 1 teaspoon dried oregano, 2-3 tablespoons chopped fresh basil, a pinch of caster (superfine) sugar, salt, and freshly ground black pepper, to taste

Instructions: In a ceramic pot, combine olive oil, garlic, and lemon zest. Stir well. Cover the slow cooker and cook on high heat setting for 15 minutes. Open a slow cooker and stir in chopped fresh tomatoes, vegetable stock, dried oregano, and caster sugar. Stir to combine, then cover the cooker, reduce heat to low, and cook for 3 hours.

Turn off the slow cooker. Open and stir in fresh basil. Season to taste with salt and black pepper.

Slow Cooker White Sauce Recipe

Use this delicious white sauce (also known as Béchamel) with lasagna, moussaka, fish pies, Tuna Mornay, etc

Makes 2 cups (500 ml)

Ingredients: 1²⁄³ cups (410 ml) milk, 1/2 yellow onion, peeled, bay leaf, a blade of mace, 4 black peppercorns, 1½ tablespoons unsalted butter, softened, 1/4 cup all-purpose flour

Instructions: In a ceramic pot, combine milk, bay leaf, a blade of mace, onion, and peppercorns. Stir well. Cover and cook on a high-heat setting for 1 hour, or until simmering. Discard flavoring ingredients from the milk with a slotted spoon. Add the paste in small spoonfuls and whisk into the hot milk until thickened.

Cover the slow cooker and cook on a high-heat setting for further 30 minutes, stirring occasionally.

Turn off the slow cooker and open the lid. Season to taste with salt and black pepper. Stir well. Serve with your favorite meals.

Easy Homemade Spaghetti Sauce Recipe

Ingredients

• 1/4 pound (120 g) bacon, sliced
• 1¼ pound (600 g) ground beef
• 1/2 pound (240 g) ground pork
• 1 cup chopped onions
• 1/2 cup chopped green peppers
• 3 garlic cloves, peeled
• 2 cans (3 oz (90ml) each)) Italian tomatoes
• 2 cans (6 oz (180 ml) each)) tomato paste
• 2½ teaspoons dried oregano
• 2½ teaspoons dried basil
• 1 bay leaf, crumbled
• 3/4 cup (180 ml) water
• 1/4 cup chopped fresh parsley
• 1 teaspoon dried thyme
• 1 tablespoon salt
• 1/4 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper

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