My Favorite 'doctored' Jar Spaghetti Sauce

Submitted by Chef53Kathy

"I sometimes use jarred, store-bought spaghetti sauce but just have to make it 'mine'. My favorite is the Gia Russa Brand Traditional Sauce but others will work. This is what I do....................................."

 

• Ready In: 40mins
• Ingredients: 7
• Yields: 3 cups
• Serves: 4

ingredients

• 1 (20 ounce) jar gia russa traditional spaghetti sauce
• 2 garlic cloves, chopped
• 1 tablespoon olive oil
• 1⁄2 cup butter
• 10 leaves fresh basil
• salt and pepper, as needed
• frozen meatballs, of your choice

directions

1. Saute the garlic in 1 tablespoon of olive oil until aromatic but not browned. Add the butter to melt, then the sauce, basil and spices. Heat thoroughly for about 10 minutes. At this point you can add frozen store bought meatballs and heat till warmed throughtout. Serve over your favorite pasta.
2. I prefer Trader Joe's Turkey Meatballs but any brand will do.

Reviews

[TransplantedHusker]

This is a mixed review. I loved the whole idea of doctoring up a jar of sauce. While the butter/olive oil added a WONDERFUL smoothness or maybe a better word would be richness to the sauce that we LOVED, LOVED, the 1/2 C butter was WAAAAAY too much. Next time (and I will use this again!) I'm cutting the butter down by at least half....if not even down to just a few tablespoons. I didn't have fresh basil, so I used dried basil leaves. So the recipe as written (1/2 C butter) 2 stars but idea/concept & result of adding the olive oil/butter is solid 4...thus a solid 3 rating.