Creamy Tomato Meat Sauce

Submitted by Lorac

"A quick and easy way to dress up spaghetti. Add red pepper flakes to the browning meat if you want some zip."

 

• Ready In: 30mins
• Ingredients: 12
• Serves: 4

ingredients

• 1 1 lb ground chicken or 1 lb ground turkey
• 1 onion, chopped
• 2 cloves garlic, minced
• 1 (28 ounce) can diced tomatoes
• 1⁄2 teaspoon dried oregano
• 1⁄2 teaspoon dried basil
• 1⁄2 teaspoon dried parsley
• 1⁄2 teaspoon white sugar
• salt and pepper, to taste
• 3⁄4 cup heavy cream
• 1 lb vermicelli, cooked and drained
• fresh grated parmesan cheese

directions

1. Brown meat and onion in a large saucepan.
2. Add garlic, tomatoes, herbs, sugar, salt and pepper Bring to a boil, reduce heat to low and simmer 15 minutes.
3. Stir in cream and heat through.
4. Serve over pasta and top with cheese.

Reviews

[Ingy1171]

This is a great recipe base to go off! I did make some changes to suit my family's tastes: I added a nice Burgundy wine, some thyme (as well as your suggested herbs), and I added the parmesan cheese to the sauce as it cooked along with a few handfulls of grated mozzerella cheese to make it a real creamy delight. I will definitly use this one again. Thank you!

 

[HEP MEP]

This worked well for us and I'll make it again. The only thing I did was skip the additional salt. We decided that some fresh mushrooms would be a tasty addition for next time.

 

[Michelle S.]

This was interesting, I added the suggested red pepper flakes for added zip! I loved the color of the sauce, and the texture when first cooked (it did not reheat all that well), but I felt it lacked something, even though everything is right there. I think perhaps next time I make this I will use Italian sausage instead of the ground beef. I did serve this over vermecelli with fresh parmesan and garlic bread. It was very easy to put together and is great for a week night meal.