: Italian job :
I was watching the movie GoodFellas, and there's this scene where the main characters are making an Italian dinner while in prison. They bribe the guards to get fresh ingredients and private accommodations, and there's this wonderful scene where one of the bosses, Paulie (played by Paul Sorvino) is making spaghetti sauce. He starts with fresh garlic, slices it thin as paper with a razor blade, and liquifies it in hot oil. It kind of got me in the mood to cook some Italian food, so I went out to the grocery store to get some ingredients and make spaghetti.
Now, I'm not a cook by any stretch of the imagination, so spaghetti is just about the most challenging thing I can make. My sauce isn't very sophisticated - it's more of a homestyle recipe, the kind of thing you end up with when you throw all your leftover ingredients together. Here's what's in my sauce:
1/2 pound of ground beef
4 roma tomatoes, diced
1 red onion, diced
2 tablespoons minced garlic
4 large mushrooms, sliced
2 large jars of spaghetti sauce
1 tablespoon of salt
1 tablespoon of black pepper
1 tablespoon of cayenne pepper
1/4 cup of dried oregano
I start by browning the beef and setting that aside. Then I sweat the onions and garlic a little, then add the other vegetables and let that stew for about 10 minutes until they start turning soft. Then I add the sauce, the meat and spices and stew for about 20-25 minutes. As you might expect, I'll be eating this for a while, since I made so much of it and there's just me here.
Now, I'm not a cook by any stretch of the imagination, so spaghetti is just about the most challenging thing I can make. My sauce isn't very sophisticated - it's more of a homestyle recipe, the kind of thing you end up with when you throw all your leftover ingredients together. Here's what's in my sauce:
1/2 pound of ground beef
4 roma tomatoes, diced
1 red onion, diced
2 tablespoons minced garlic
4 large mushrooms, sliced
2 large jars of spaghetti sauce
1 tablespoon of salt
1 tablespoon of black pepper
1 tablespoon of cayenne pepper
1/4 cup of dried oregano
I start by browning the beef and setting that aside. Then I sweat the onions and garlic a little, then add the other vegetables and let that stew for about 10 minutes until they start turning soft. Then I add the sauce, the meat and spices and stew for about 20-25 minutes. As you might expect, I'll be eating this for a while, since I made so much of it and there's just me here.
