Thursday 24 December 2015

$8.55 / Serving - Spaghetti with Meat Sauce



This spaghetti and meat sauce recipe utilizes a
home 
made bone broth using beef bones. Bone
broth is 
known for aiding in digestions, as well as
boosting 
the body's immune system due to the
gelatin extracted 
from the simmer process. These
health properties can't 
be found in store bought,
pre-made, ready-to-use broth. 
We begin this
recipe by making this home made broth.



Cost Breakdown
$1.91 per serving


If the cost of making broth seems stupid cheap,
that's because it is. Ingredients cost almost
nothing and you can use meat and vegetable
scraps to help add flavor to the dish.

Prep
  1. Soak beef bones in water for 10 minutes to draw out blood. 
  2. Chop the onion, celery, and carrot into even size chunks and set aside.
  3. Rinse beef bones and soak again for 10 minutes. 
  4. Rinse beef bones and scrub out any extra congealed blood, vessels, etc. 
  5. Fill a soup pot with 2 liters of water.

Cook
  1. Place beef bones into pot of water and bring up to a boil.
  2. When a rolling boil is achieved, lower the heat to light simmer.
  3. Leave on a light simmer for 6-8 hours. The longer the better. 
  4. Top up the pot regularly to maintain water levels.
  5. In the final hour of simmering, add the onion, carrot and celery. 
  6. Strain the broth well. A strainer works well. Cheese-cloth even better.

You'll end up with something like this. In this
picture, I used chicken bones, not beef bones
but the execution was exactly the same. Now
that we have the broth for the meat sauce, we
are finally ready to begin preparing the dish.




Cost Breakdown
$8.55 per serving


Prep
  1. Dice carrots, onion and celery
  2. Chop parsley finely
  3. Mix ground meat and season with salt, pepper, and your favorite spices

Cook
  1. Heat some oil in a pot on medium heat, and throw in the diced vegetables. 
  2. When vegetables are soft, add in the mixed ground meat. Stir until brown. 
  3. Add tomato paste and mix until tomato paste is caramelized.
  4. Add broth and crank heat up to high until it boiling. Then lower heat to simmer. 
  5. Let simmer on low for 4 to 6 hours. 
  6. In the final 30 minutes, add in coconut milk for thickness. 

Assemble
  1. Boil a pot of water and throw in the dried spaghetti. 
  2. Drain spaghetti after reaching desired tenderness and plate. 
  3. Sprinkle chopped parsley on top. 
  4. Sprinkle your favorite cheese (optional)

I decided to make my own noodles. I plan on
posting the recipe for my homemade noodles
in the very near future! Please stand by for it! 

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