Irmgard’s Magical Spaghetti!

 Irmgard’s Magical Spaghetti!

Imgard Cates is married to Ed Cates, Dave’s brother. We met almost immediate after I started dating Dave back in 1998. She is a formidable woman of German descent. Since my grandfather was German, I always had interest in knowing about her county and culture. However, after 50+ years in the United States, aside from the slight accent, she is ALL American! Irm, as she is called, makes one of the best spaghetti with meat sauce I’ve ever had. I have asked her many times to share and this past week, she shared!!

You start with Jagermeister!

Ingredients:

1/4 cup olive oil

1/2 LG onion dicednp

3 cloves garlic pressed

3 lbs meat - 1 1/2 lean pork & 1 1/2 93% beef

2tbs McCormick Italian Seasoning

1tbs McCormick basil

1 lg bay leaf

Salt & Pepper to taste

1/4 flour sprinkles over the meat mixture

1 can 16 oz stewed tomatoes

1 can tomato paste with 4 cups of water

**Irm’s secret ingredient - Krauterlinge by Knorr - 1 tbs (buy on Amazon)

Instructions: 

In a large sauce pan, heat olive oil add diced onion and minced garlic on medium high heat and stir until translucent. Add meat to pan and cook until meat is tender but cooked. Lower heat if necessary. Add Italian Seasoning (including Irm’s secret ingredient), basil, bay leaf, salt & pepper then sprinkle the mixture with the flour and mix. Next add the stewed tomatoes, tomato paste & water. Bring to a gentle boil stirring occasionally - make sure it does not stick or burn. Reduce heat to low and cook and hour. 

Serve hot over pasta and garnish with Parmesan  cheese.