Liturgical Year : Recipes : Meatless Spaghetti Sauce

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Catholic Recipe: Meatless Spaghetti Sauce

INGREDIENTS

1 No. 3 can (1 quart) tomatoes
1 can (6 ounces) Italian tomato paste
1 small onion, minced
1/2 green pepper, finely diced
2 garlic cloves, halved
1 Tablespoon butter or margarine
1/2 teaspoon sugar
salt and pepper
1 package (8 ounces) thin spaghetti
grated Parmesan cheese

Details

Serves: 6
Prep Time: 2 1/2 hours
Difficulty: • • • •
Cost: $$$$
For Ages: 15+
Origin:

Food Categories

Often Made With

Meatless Sauce

Feasts

None

Try a meatless tomato spaghetti sauce for the next day of abstinence from meat.

DIRECTIONS

Combine tomatoes and tomato paste. Add onion, green pepper, and garlic to tomato mixture with butter or margarine, sugar, salt, and pepper to taste. Simmer at least 2 hours or until sauce is thick. Remove garlic. Meanwhile, cook thin spaghetti in boiling salted water to cover until tender; drain. Rinse with hot water. Pour sauce over spaghetti; sprinkle generously with cheese. Makes 6 servings.

Recipe Source: Cook's Blessings, The by Demetria Taylor, Random House, New York, 1965

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