Making Spaghetti with Meat Sauce

Series Summary

While it still remains to be determined who invented spaghetti, the great flavor of this classic Italian pasta dish is not in dispute. Spaghetti refers to a long, cylindrical, flour-based noodle, usually packaged and sold dried in your local supermarket. Spaghetti also refers to a recipe consisting of the pasta, tomato sauce, and usually some sort of meat, whether beef, fowl, or seafood. The sauce is the distinguishing characteristic of any great spaghetti dinner. Everyone knows that Grandma’s homemade tomato sauce recipe is a heavily guarded secret brought over from the old country and passed down from mother to daughter.

In this free traditional Italian cooking video series, learn how to make homemade spaghetti with meat sauce. Our expert cook will guide you through the preparation, including a list of ingredients, how to chop, cut and slice the meat and vegetables, how to brown the ground beef, cook the pasta, and what it should look, and taste, like when you’re finished. Once you’ve mastered this hearty dinner recipe, come up with your own variations on the classic spaghetti dish. Mangia!

Video Transcript

"Hi! This is Richard Buccola from New York City and today on behalf of Expert Village, I am going to show you how to make some spaghetti with meat sauce. Alright, so we are going to show you today how to make some real fun easy inexpensive flavorful meal, spaghetti with meat sauce. It is easy to do. I have been making this dish for a long time. It is just areal fast dish. Under 15 minutes, I could have it on the table. It is inexpensive. Just going to need some chopped meat and thin spaghetti and if you already have your olive oil and stuff like grated cheese, this meal is going to probably under $10. We are going to use some basil from my basil tree and some salt and pepper to taste with some seasoning salt and when I get back, I am going to show you how to put this spaghetti with meat sauce together. "