Description
Homemade spaghetti with beef sauce brings classic Italian comfort straight to your kitchen, offering rich, hearty flavors that comfort and delight. Savory ground beef, aromatic herbs, and perfectly cooked pasta combine in a simple yet satisfying meal you’ll crave again and again.
Ingredients
Scale
Main Ingredients:
- 700 g (24.7 ounces) minced beef
- 300 g (10.6 ounces) spaghetti
- 200 g (7.1 ounces) bacon, diced
- 200 g (7.1 ounces) tomato sauce
Aromatic Vegetables:
- 1 red onion, diced
- 3 cloves of garlic, minced
Creamy Roux Components:
- 40 g (1.4 ounces) butter
- 30 g (1.1 ounces) flour
- 500 ml (2.1 cups) milk
Instructions
- Prepare a pot of salted water and cook the spaghetti until it reaches al dente perfection, then carefully drain and reserve.
- Create a flavor foundation by finely chopping the bacon, onion, and garlic into uniform pieces.
- Transform the bacon in a spacious skillet, rendering it to a golden crispness. Extract the bacon bits and set aside, preserving the rendered fat.
- Utilize the same skillet with residual bacon essence to gently soften the onion and garlic, releasing their aromatic qualities.
- Introduce the ground beef to the pan, breaking it into crumbly fragments and browning thoroughly to develop rich, deep flavors.
- Infuse the beef mixture with tomato sauce, allowing the ingredients to meld and intensify during a gentle simmering process.
- Craft a silky roux in a separate vessel by melting butter and incorporating flour, then gradually whisking in milk to create a smooth, luxurious sauce that thickens with patient stirring.
- Marry the creamy roux with the robust beef and tomato mixture, ensuring complete integration of flavors and textures.
- Envelop the cooked spaghetti strands with the sumptuous sauce, guaranteeing each noodle is lavishly coated.
- Present the spaghetti adorned with the reserved crispy bacon fragments, ready to delight eager diners.
Notes
- Choose high-quality ground beef with moderate fat content for richer flavor and juicier sauce.
- Create deeper taste by letting sauce simmer longer, developing more complex notes through slow cooking.
- Swap traditional spaghetti with whole wheat or gluten-free alternatives for dietary preferences without compromising texture.
- Reserve small amount of pasta water to adjust sauce consistency and enhance overall binding between noodles and sauce.
- Prep Time: 15 minutes
- Cook Time: 30 minutes
- Category: Dinner
- Method: Sautéing
- Cuisine: Italian
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 4
- Calories: 713
- Sugar: 6 g
- Sodium: 650 mg
- Fat: 45 g
- Saturated Fat: 20 g
- Unsaturated Fat: 25 g
- Trans Fat: 1 g
- Carbohydrates: 56 g
- Fiber: 3 g
- Protein: 36 g
- Cholesterol: 130 mg