By Kevin Williams
After a romp in the snow in our backyard, Aster and Bea and I were hungry for a hearty comfort food supper. And since I had fumbled the link for Amish one pot spaghetti yesterday, I thought I'd make up for it by making the actual meal and this is a good one. It's hearty, flavorful and very versatile.
I did not follow the recipe below exactly, and that's fine, that is what I like about this meal is that you add or subtract whatever you like. If you stick close to this, though, the meal delivers a really great blend of flavors. The sugar is a nice touch. I added some carrots and squash, but basically stuck to the spices listed. I was tempted to add some cayenne pepper or chili powder to give this dish an extra kick, but figured my daughters might not like that as much as I, so I resisted the temptation. But you can try it.
Carrots and onion in olive oil start this dish out...
AMISH ONE-POT SPAGHETTI
- 12 ounces spaghetti or homemade egg noodles
- 6-8 tablespoon olive oil
- 2 medium onions, chopped
- 2 medium carrots, very finely chopped or grated
- about 4 garlic cloves
- 3 cups home-canned chopped tomatoes with liquid or use store-bought
- 2 tablespoon tomato puree
- 1-2 teaspoon sugar
- about 6 cups vegetable broth (or chicken broth)
- parsley, basil, oregano, thyme, allspice (to taste)
- salt, pepper
- In a pot, heat the oil and saute onion until translucent.
- Add carrots and garlic and saute for 1 more minute.
- Add chopped tomatoes, tomato puree, sugar, spices
and about 4 cups broth. - Bring to boil and cook for about 15 minutes.
- Add spaghetti and simmer until the pasta is
tender, about 15 minutes. - Stir from time In a pot, heat the oil and saute onion until translucent.
- Add carrots and garlic and saute for 1 more minute.
- Add chopped tomatoes, tomato puree, sugar, spices
and about 4 cups broth. - Bring to boil and cook for about 15 minutes.
- Add spaghetti and simmer until the pasta is
tender, about 15 minutes. - Stir from time to time and add more broth while cooking to achieve
consistency you like. - Serve with grated Parmesan cheese (optional)
Pat Curley
Love your receipes gives me new things to cook and for my family to enjoy!!
Carrie
Hello, I was just reading this recipe. You may want to remove steps 6-10 as they are repeating steps 1-5 and renumber 11 & 12.
Love seeing all of these recipes. I am formally from Southern Illinois (live in Florida now) and there is an Amish Community living there. I went to a Amish vegetable market one day to get some zucchini to make a Zucchini Pie. The woman running the stand had never heard of it before. So I went back home and copied the recipe and took it to her. Don't know if she ever made it or not.
Kevin Williams
Thanks, Carrie, for pointing out the recipe repetition, I'll fix that this week! Where is the Amish community that you went to the vegetable market? I am sure she loved getting the recipe for zucchini pie!