How to Make Nice Mince Meat Spagetti?

[autumnbronze]

peterch:

Should try with smoked beef or smoked honey ham

Hi Peterch,

Sorri, not familiar with smoked beef ... can clarify :?

As for the smoked honey ham, do you chop it up and mix it with the meat?

TIA

[Andaiz]

peterch:

Should try with smoked beef or smoked honey ham

Yes, that does give a nice depth to the flavour. I forgot to add that my DH's fav (very unhealthy though :evil: ) is to brown the onions in pancheta - something we'd learnt in our time in Spain (although it's Italian). Here, we use a more available alternative although taste differs, in form of chopped (cubed) back bacon. Again, allow the fats to run then retain the crispy bits....the Italians use the fats to coat the pasta after cooking, instead of using Olive oil so go figure!

Enjoy!

[schweppes]

Mmm... smoky beef and pancheta.. sounds yummy!


Maybe shd ask Chief to change the thread title to Pasta Meals - then we can swop recipes on pasta dishes instead of just meatball spaghetti alone.

Another dish I enjoy making for my kids is Carbonara. Fast to cook, good to eat! :drool: :lol:

[Mrsbongz]

wow.. I miss making carbonara at home too.. kids are allergic to dairy now.. but I do like to make my own pasta sauce too.. I use it to add vege that my kids (n husband) don't like.. and I freeze them in batches... I just add different meat/ tuna when I reheat the sauce.. so convenient and healthy.. no sugar or preservatives!!

[Andaiz]

I love carbonara but cream sauce and half and half…not very healthy with CNY looming!

[Funz]

When cooking pasta, I tend to boil them until they are slightly underdone.


And when the sauce is ready, I will cook the pasta through in the sauce. That way, the flavours from the sauce gets into the pasta, not just coating the pasta.

I hate the kind where the sauce is just dumped on the pasta.

[tree nymph]

Funz:

I hate the kind where the sauce is just dumped on the pasta.

me too me too! :lol: :celebrate:

[schweppes]

Andaiz:

I love carbonara but cream sauce and half and half...not very healthy with CNY looming!

aiyoh... how true. With CNY looming, my tummy's ballooning! sigh... :!:

[tree nymph]

i can't contribute much here cos i don't have a kitchen of my own. but i will be keeping the tips from you experts here, just in case i do have a kitchen of my own in the near future!


Thanks!

keep the recipes coming!

slurp! :drool:

[autumnbronze]

schweppes:

Andaiz:

I love carbonara but cream sauce and half and half...not very healthy with CNY looming!

aiyoh... how true. With CNY looming, my tummy's ballooning! sigh... :!:

:rotflmao: :rotflmao: sorri schweppes, can't help it, and it rhymes too :rotflmao: :rotflmao: