Mama Zeta's Pasta Sauce
This Is A Recipe That My Mom Adapted From A Recipe In "Leone's Italian Cookbook" by Gene Leone - recipes from the famous Leone's Restaurant in New York City. The original recipe includes chunks of beef and pork along with chicken livers and chicken gizzards. Mama Zeta's Pasta Sauce is a delicious Sauce that my Mom made and which we all loved. My Mom hadn't written the ingredients down - she just made it from memory. We all wanted the recipe - so one weekend one of my sisters and I had my Mom make this pasta sauce and we wrote the ingredients and recipe down so that we could have the recipe and hare it with nieces and nephews. This is a wonderful pasta sauce. I hope you'll try it and find that you enjoy it as much as my family does.
Total Steps
11
Ingredients
20
Tools Needed
9
Ingredients
- 1 slice <a href="/X4VRWLSM">bacon </a>- diced
- 0.25 cup <a href="/NLPYVN22">olive oil</a>
- 0.25 cup (4T) <a href="/3XTHR638">butter</a>
- 1 pound large <a href="/YCPMHNRB">onion </a>- about ¾ - diced
- 1 <a href="/KS5CFDMK">rib </a><a href="/43Z57JJ6">celery </a>- minced
- 0.25 pound <a href="/4CXZ7VHS">carrots </a>- scraped and grated
- 0.25 pound sweet <a href="/TN2NFGHN">sausage</a>
- 1 pound lean <a href="/MW5CCKZL">hamburger</a>
- 4 <a href="/SSKFCT7S">chicken breasts</a>
- 2 <a href="/5PN7S6FY">bay </a>leaves - crumbled
- 5 <a href="/FQRPFPP6">garlic cloves </a>- mashed
- 1 teaspoon fresh <a href="/YCG55RYS">rosemary </a>or 1 tsp dry <a href="/YCG55RYS">rosemary</a>
- 0.5 teaspoon <a href="/L8KNVFFS">allspice</a>
- 1 teaspoon <a href="/SWV3CGDQ">pepper</a>
- 0 <a href="/XBPNFKYS">salt</a>
- 2 cans <a href="/8X4J45TL">tomatoes </a>- finely chopped
- 1 lg can <a href="/6JFVKMWY">tomato sauce</a>
- 2 cans <a href="/6XYQBYN6">chicken broth </a> + 3 cups <a href="/6XYQBYN6">chicken broth</a>
- 0.5 teaspoon <a href="/7KHW5QYZ">basil</a>
- 0.125 cup dried <a href="/GKXHVZLV">parsley</a>
Instructions
Step 1
Combine olive oil, beef and pork - break into small pieces and <a href="/D434P8MH">brown. </a>Remove from pan when <a href="/D434P8MH">browned.</a>
Step 2
<a href="/D434P8MH">Brown </a>chicken breasts and remove from pan
Step 3
Add bacon, garlic and onions and crumbled bay leaves to the pan with some olive oil as needed. Saute to medium <a href="/D434P8MH">brown.</a>
Step 4
When the bacon/onions are almost <a href="/D434P8MH">brown,</a> add the <a href="/D434P8MH">browned </a>chicken breasts to the pan and cook for about 15 minutes.
Step 5
Combine the meats, <a href="/VYSXFJY6">carrots,</a> celery, tomatoes, tomato sauce, chicken broth & spices in a large pot
Step 6
And <a href="/GFSF4J5F">simmer </a>slowly over low <a href="/XZFHRHHF">heat </a>for 1-1.5 hours, <a href="/DRM2WPZ4">stirring </a>occasionally.
Step 7
Once <a href="/GFSF4J5F">simmered </a>- remove chicken from pot and <a href="/6L7QNTJV">chop </a>or <a href="/QMX3H88P">shred </a>the chicken and add the chicken back into the pot
Step 8
The sauce might need to be <a href="/LXP6HLBF">thickened </a>- using <a href="/RF7SRX43">dry </a>chicken gravy or cornstarch/water or add some flour <a href="/7S3QCKWK">mixed </a>with chicken broth ... or <a href="/GFSF4J5F">simmer </a>longer to <a href="/LXP6HLBF">thicken </a>the red sauce.
Step 9
Check the saltiness of the sauce, adding more <a href="/DPSVTKVY">salt </a>if necessary.
Step 10
<a href="/Y6MVNCHX">Serve </a>Sauce over Spaghetti.
Step 11
Any sauce that is not used <a href="/TPWNYF5L">can </a>be <a href="/YCPJKCW5">frozen </a>for a future occasion.