A childhood favorite of mine because who doesn't love spaghetti with red sauce and meat!
Provided by: SmallRecipe.com
Categories: dinner
Prep time: 20 minutes
Cook time: 20 minutes
Yield: 6
Ingredients:
| 1 lb Ground Beef (lean) |
| 1/2 tbsp All spice |
| 1 tsp Garlic Powder |
| Salt & Pepper to taste |
| 1 tbsp Tomato Paste |
| 1 tbsp Shatta (Chili Sauce) |
| 1 Tomato, diced, large |
| 16 oz Spaghetti |
| 24 oz Marinara Sauce (Tomato sauce) (preferably flavored with garlic and or basil) |
| 1/3 cup Parmesan Cheese |
| 1/3 cup Za'atar |
| 2 cups Shredded Mozzarella Cheese |
Steps:
- First, add the spaghetti to a pot of boiling salted water and cook per package instructions.
- In a large nonstick skillet, add the ground beef and season with salt, pepper, garlic powder, and allspice. Break down the beef with a spatula into bits and let this brown.
- After a few minutes, add the tomato paste along with the chili sauce and fresh diced tomato. Cook all together for a few minutes until the fresh tomatoes cook down and the meat is fully cooked. Taste to adjust seasoning if needed. Set aside.
- Once pasta is cooked and drained; add the marinara sauce to the spaghetti. Add the meat to this as well. Give it a nice stir all together.
- Place the pasta in a 9 by 11 baking dish and top evenly with the parmesan and zaatar then the mozzarella cheese.
- Bake in a 350 F oven for 15 minutes until cheese is melted. Enjoy warm!
The addition of eggplant and spices gives the traditional, Italian pasta recipe a distinctly Arabic twist.
Provided by: SmallRecipe.com
Total time: 45 minutes
Ingredients:
| 500 Milliliters (ml) Puck Tomato Sauce with Cream |
| 500 Grams (gm) Spaghetti |
| 1 Tablespoon Olive Oil |
| 1 pc Onions finely diced |
| 2 Cloves Garlic crushed |
| 1 pc Eggplants cut into small cubes |
| 500 Grams (gm) Beef Mince low fat |
| 1 Teaspoon Cumin |
| 1 Teaspoon Coriander Stems |
| 1 Teaspoon Chili Flakes |
Steps:
- Cook the spaghetti in salted water in a large saucepan following the instructions on the package Meanwhile, prepare the meat sauce. Heat the olive oil in a large, nonstick frying pan. Add onion, garlic and eggplant and cook for 6-8 minutes until softened. Add the minced meat and spices and cook until the meat is browned Pour in the tomato sauce and stir until simmering. Add the spaghetti to the pan and stir until everything is coated in the sauce