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Pasta with beef in tomato sauce

Beef Pasta in Tomato Sauce

A tasty, hearty Italian-style dish — give it a try, you'll love it. You can turn everyday ingredients into a satisfying, well-balanced dinner for the whole family, Italian-style: combine beef with tomatoes, season it all with Italian herbs, and serve it over pasta. It's simple to make with easy-to-find ingredients.

Anna

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Composition / ingredients

Servings:

Beef

300

Tomatoes (in their own juice)

400

Onion

Garlic

Italian herbs (a blend of basil, rosemary, thyme, and oregano)

0.5

Salt

Pepper

Spaghetti (or any Italian pasta)

200

Celery stalk (optional)

Translation table of volumetric measures

Nutrients and energy value of the composition of the recipe

By weight of the composition:

Proteins 33 % 9 g

Fats 7 % 2 g

Carbohydrates 59 % 16 g

123 kcal

GI: 19 / 81 / 0

Cooking method

Step 1:

How do you make a great beef pasta? Gather the ingredients for the beef in tomato sauce. Use boneless beef tenderloin (or ready-cut stew meat). The onion and garlic are small. Use canned tomatoes in their own juice, with or without pulp. One celery stalk — if you're not a fan, you can leave it out. Any good dried pasta works, so use whatever shape you like.
Step 2:

Rinse the beef under running water and pat it dry. You can use pre-cut stew meat if you like. If it's a whole piece, first trim away the sinew and membrane, then cut it into long strips along the grain.
Step 3:

Peel and finely chop the garlic and onion. Snap the celery stalks in half, pull out the tough strings, and chop. Heat oil in a heavy-bottomed skillet or sauté pan and cook the onion, garlic, and celery over medium heat for a few minutes.
Step 4:

Add the sliced beef and, over high heat, brown the meat with the vegetables until lightly colored.
Step 5:

Add the tomatoes in their juice, along with salt, pepper, and the Italian (Provençal) dried herbs. Mine come as whole tomatoes in the jar, so I crush them right in the pot and simmer them along with everything. Before serving, I fish the tomato skins out of the sauce.
Step 6:

Stir everything together and simmer the beef in the tomato sauce until the meat is tender. The time depends on the meat itself — the younger it is, the less time it takes.
Step 7:

When the meat is done and the sauce has thickened, put the pasta water on to boil. Once it boils, add salt and the pasta, and cook according to the package directions. Drain the cooked pasta in a colander.
Step 8:

Serve the beef in tomato sauce over hot pasta. Put the pasta on a plate, spoon the sauce over it, and add the pieces of meat. Fresh basil makes a nice garnish, and a glass of red wine rounds it out beautifully.

For how to cook pasta properly, how to get it al dente, how to pick a quality product, and much more, check out our article on pasta and how to cook it.