homemade amatriciana sauce with chopped vegetables

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Nutritional Info
  • Servings Per Recipe: 4
  • Amount Per Serving
  • Calories: 166.9
  • Total Fat: 4.2 g
  • Cholesterol: 5.4 mg
  • Sodium: 1,869.2 mg
  • Total Carbs: 30.0 g
  • Dietary Fiber: 6.9 g
  • Protein: 7.3 g

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Introduction

This is a basic variation on Italian amatriciana sauce - I substituted bacon for the pancetta and added some fresh veggies. The seasonings can be varied according to taste, and 1/3 cup of wine can be substituted for some of the water. Fresh roma tomatoes could be chopped and substituted for the tomato sauce to cut down the sodium. This is a basic variation on Italian amatriciana sauce - I substituted bacon for the pancetta and added some fresh veggies. The seasonings can be varied according to taste, and 1/3 cup of wine can be substituted for some of the water. Fresh roma tomatoes could be chopped and substituted for the tomato sauce to cut down the sodium.
Number of Servings: 4

Ingredients

    Hunt's Tomato Sauce - 1 15-oz. can
    Hunt's Tomato Paste - 1 8-oz. can
    Onion 1/2 cup, chopped
    Celery 1/2 cup, chopped
    Garlic 4 cloves, chopped
    Carrots 1/2 cup chopped
    Water 1 cup, or 2/3 cup water + 1/3 cup wine
    Sugar 2 tsp.
    Bacon 4 slices, chopped
    Pepper 1/2 tsp.
    Salt 1 tsp.
    Red Pepper 2 tsp.
    Oregano 1 tsp.
    Rosemary 1 tbsp.
    Thyme 1 tsp.

Directions

Add tomato sauce, paste, liquid, sugar and spices to crock pot and begin cooking on high.

Once the base sauce has started cooking, chop vegetables and bacon, and brown in saucepan until tender. Start with the bacon, then add veggies when fat has started melting. You may add one tablespoon of olive oil, if needed, to keep veggies from burning. When veggies and bacon are nicely browned add them to the sauce in the crock pot. Sauce may be cooked in crock pot 2-4 hours without burning.

Prepare pasta - rigatoni or rotini go nicely with this sauce. One minute before pasta has finished cooking, remove 1-2 tablespoons of pasta water and preserve. Drain pasta, then add pasta and cooking water to sauce. Cook for another one minute in sauce, then serve.

Nutritional Calculation does not include pasta.

Serving Size: Makes 4 1-cup servings

Number of Servings: 4

Recipe submitted by SparkPeople user LADYHAWK2K1.