CHIEF BOY HARDLY ITALIAN DINNER SAUCE – Herb & Spice Mix
By Gloria Pitzer, as seen in… Gloria Pitzer’s Cookbook – Best Of The Recipe Detective (Balboa Press; Jan. 2018) [A revised reprint of Gloria Pitzer’s Better Cookery Cookbook (Secret RecipesTM, St. Clair, MI; May 1983, 3rd Edition).]
INGREDIENTS:
1 packet “Mix & Eat” Cream of Wheat or 3 tablespoons quick-cooking Cream of Wheat
½ teaspoon black pepper
2 tablespoons seasoned salt
2 teaspoons each: onion powder, garlic salt and granulated sugar
1 tablespoon each: dry – celery leaves, oregano leaves and minced onions
INSTRUCTIONS:
As listed, put all ingredients except the dry, minced onions into a blender, agitating with an on/off high speed for 2 minutes or until well-powdered, but still having a slight trace of celery leaves in it. Add the minced onions and blend for a few seconds, to break them up, but not powder them. Empty the mixture into a container with a tight-fitting lid and store at room temperature to use within 3 months.
FOR MEATLESS SAUCE: combine a 6-ounce can of tomato paste with 2 paste cans full of water, 2 tablespoons Herb & Spice Mix (above) and 2 tablespoons margarine in a 1 ½-quart sauce pan over medium heat, stirring constantly until piping hot. Makes a little more than 2 cups of sauce to serve 4.
*FOR MEAT SAUCE: brown 1 ½ to 2-lbs ground beef in 2-TB oil in a medium skillet until the pink color disappears, crumbling it with the back of a fork. While the meat is browning, put into a blender a 14-oz can stewed-tomatoes, an 8-oz can tomato sauce and 2-TB Herb & Spice Mix (above.) Blend on high-speed until smooth. Pour into the skillet with the meat and stir over medium heat until piping hot. Makes a little more than 2 ½ cups of sauce to serve 4 to 6.
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