The meat sauce, the recipe for which is quite simple, is prepared from veal, pork, and for some side dishes from lamb. To prepare this wonderful dish you need the following ingredients: onions, salt, carrots, ground pepper, vegetable oil, spices and herbs.
The meat is cut into pieces, after which it is fried in vegetable oil in a pan. The fried meat is transferred to the pan and a small amount of hot water is added. Water should cover the meat 2 cm. The contents of the pan are brought to a boil, after which they are boiled over low heat under a covered lid. Chopped onions are fried in vegetable oil, and a couple of minutes after the start of frying, grated carrots are added to it. Fried onions and carrots are added to the pot with meat and stew all over low heat for 2 hours. The duration of the preparation depends on the type of meat. Towards the end of cooking, the meat is peeled, salted and spices and herbs are added.
Meat gravy can be thickened with wheat flour. To do this, you need to dilute the flour (tbsp. Spoon) in 100 ml of water, after which the water is introduced into the gravy, continuously stirring it, thereby preventing the formation of lumps. This sauce goes well with any potato dishes, various cereals and pasta.
Meat sauce is a unique dish in which sauce and meat are perfectly combined, and at the same time they are cooked at the same time. Such a dish will save your time and guarantee the success of the side dish.
There is another recipe in which the meat sauce is prepared with the addition of tomato paste. For this dish, any meat is suitable that is cut into small pieces and fried on all sides in a pan. Add some water to the meat, salt, pepper and simmer over medium heat until almost cooked. At this time, diced onions and carrots chopped on a grater are fried in a pan, after which all the ingredients are added to the meat. 7 minutes before the end of cooking meat in gravy, you should introduce tomato paste (50 g). The contents of the pan must be thoroughly mixed. After boiling the gravy, flour diluted in 100 ml of water (tablespoon) is added to it. All the ingredients of the dish need to be mixed well. Gravy should be uniform and medium density. Before turning off the fire, add bay leaf, spices, ground pepper and a little sugar to the gravy. Any housewife can choose the most diverse additives to this dish, fully focusing on their taste and preferences.
Pasta meat sauce is prepared from almost any kind of meat, although it is preferable to take pork and veal. To prepare one of its varieties, you need to take 3 small onions, one carrot, art. a spoonful of flour, a glass of tomato juice or 40 ml of tomato paste, spices, pepper, salt, vegetable oil. The whole cooking process is similar to the previous recipes.
Meat gravy with cream is great for pasta. Ingredients for this dish: 500 g of veal or beef, carrots, 50 ml of vegetable oil, onion, 2 cloves of garlic, Art. tablespoons flour, 2 large tomatoes, peppers, spices, salt, 400 ml cream.
The meat cut into pieces is fried in a pan from all sides. It is salted and pepper, and then transferred to a pan, where it is stewed. Chopped onions and carrots are fried in vegetable or butter. Peeled and finely chopped tomatoes are added to onions and carrots, as well as chopped garlic. Sprinkle the fried vegetables with flour and mix thoroughly. Cream is poured into the pan, constantly stirring the gravy. The dish is stewed for about half an hour under a lid over low heat. At the end of cooking, spices and herbs are added to the gravy.