Hands down this is
one of my family's favorite meals, especially my pasta loving youngest. It is perfect to serve to company and your guests
will be quite impressed. While I
consider this one to be not only elegant but a bit on the decedent side (it has
cream in it) it is surprisingly a rather thrifty meal to make and quite easy
too.
Pasta Bolognese
2 cups cooked roast
beef
8 oz. mushrooms,
thinly sliced
1 15 oz. can tomato
sauce
1 15 oz. can
Italian style diced tomatoes
1 tsp. dried basil
3 tsp. minced
garlic
1 to 1 1/2 cups
heavy cream
1 pound pasta,
cooked
In a large pot or
slow cooker place beef and mushrooms.
Cook until roast beef falls apart.
Add tomato sauce, canned tomatoes, basil and garlic. Simmer on low for two hours. Remove from heat and stir in 1 cup of cream. Sauce should have a nice pink color to it. Add a little more if necessary. Serve over hot pasta.
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| Wouldn't this be nice on Valentine's Day? |
I almost always save
a portion of a pot roast every time I make one just for this recipe. It works
beautifully in this dish. To make
it fancy I serve it with Farfalle (bowtie) pasta or penne, but just about any
pasta if fine. Spaghetti, linguine or fettuccine
pasta is quite nice as well.
I will usually accompany
this with a nice spinach or Caesar salad.
If company is coming I'll make up a loaf or frenchbread or some dinner
rolls.
Let me know if you
give this one a try. I'm sure you'll
love it as much as we do.
