Thursday, January 6, 2011

My Very Own Spaghetti Sauce

New Year's Day and we had some left-over pasta noodles from our Media Noche and no more sauce!
My sister asked me to make a sauce kind of like Tita Clarisse's Basil Spaghetti Sauce. TC wouldn't disclose the recipe, by the way, so I had to improvise. I'd say the result is nothing like TC's sauce but my sister and I thought it was delicious anyway.

The Recipe

Ingredients:
15 pcs medium-sized very ripe tomatoes, diced
6 cloves garlic, diced fine (i love garlic - you can use less if you like)
1 medium-sized sweet white onion, chopped coarsely
1 chicken breast, filleted and cubed
1 packet McCormick Pesto Sauce Mix (we cheated here, we couldn't find fresh basil in our local
grocery store)
2 tablespoons cooking wine
2 tablespoons butter
1 tablespoon olive oil
1/2 cup grated quick-melting cheese
some dried basil, salt and pepper to taste

In a saucepan over low to medium heat, melt butter and saute the garlic and onions until the onions are caramelized. Add tomatoes and wine. Simmer until the tomatoes have wilted. Add in the chicken. Simmer again until the chicken is cooked. Blend in the Pesto Sauce Mix. Add cheese and stir until it has melted before adding the olive oil. Season with basil, salt and pepper.

Tadaaa!

Notes:
You can use shrimp instead of chicken. Shelled and deveined.
It would still taste good without any sort of meat (for vegetarians). Haven't tried using eggplants. Hmmm...
Fresh basil would be better but some adjustments may have to be made to the seasoning.
Freshly grated Parmesan would be great sprinkled over the sauce just before serving.
There's just enough sauce for a 400g pack of spaghetti.
Washing the pan with left-over sauce sticking to it would be a waste of good sauce. You can wipe the pan with bread and pop the bread directly to your mouth. Yum!

I don't have pictures, though. Sayang!

2 comments:

  1. my sister posted this in her blog too

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  2. Sounds delicious doc. Sample! Sample! Hehehehe... Welcome back!

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