Italian Red Sauce aka Red Gravy or spaghetti sauce
- Ready In:
- 6hrs 35mins
- Ingredients:
- 6
- Serves:
-
20
ingredients
- 5 can Cento Italian tomatoes (imported from Italy. They can be found in many grocery stores.)
- 6 clove garlic
- 9.85 ml good virgin olive oil
- 226.79 g prosciutto ham, cut in small cubes
- 24.64 ml fresh basil
- 4.92 ml crushed red pepper flakes
directions
- Place olive oil in a large soup pot.
- Add garlic and simmer about one minute, do not let it brown.
- Put tomatoes in blender and blend briefly to smooth out the tomatoes.
- Then add to garlic.
- Cut Italian ham in chunks.
- When I order this from the Deli, I have them cut it in 1/2 lb slab.
- Add basil and crushed red pepper flakes.
- Let simmer about 6 hours.
- I always check the richness of the sauce by putting a spoonful in a clean bowl, let it sit for about 5 minutes and if water is seperating from the sauce, continue to simmer.
Questions & Replies
Got a question?
Share it with the community!
Reviews
-
P...I made this exactly as directed, even down to the Cento tomatoes and the cubed prosciutto. I let it simmer in my crockpot for the time needed and the smell is fabulous. You are right, it makes a lot of sauce. The flavor is wonderful, rich with the tomatoes not being overpowered by other spices and the prosciutto added the just the right touch without standing out. I am going to use it tonight for pizza and freeze the rest in quart containers. I can see how adaptable this sauce will be! Thank for sharing!
RECIPE SUBMITTED BY
I love to cook and try new recipes. In my family, when we get together, it is always in the kitchen. I have made my own cookbook from others recipes. I cut them out of magazines, get them off the web. I put the recipes in page protectors and place in a three ringed binder. I can pull the recipe out tand the page protector keeps it from becoming a mess while cooking, and no big cookbooks laying around.