My version of Billion Dollar Spaghetti is all you could ask for on a lazy weekend. Absolute comfort food to indulge in. No store bought, tasteless spaghetti sauces. The recipe works out a finger licking good meat sauce right from scratch. A must try.
The Best Billion Dollar Spaghetti
2016-11-30 14:22:44
Serves 6
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Prep Time
10 min
Cook Time
35 min
Total Time
45 min
Ingredients
- 1 packet Italian spaghetti, boiled as per packet instructions
- 150 grams butter cut into 1/2 inch cubes
- 150 grams grated cheddar cheese
- FOR THE MEAT SAUCE
- 250 grams minced beef
- 200 grams skinless chicken sausages chopped
- 2 large onions, minced
- 1 teaspoon minced garlic
- 1 teaspoon red chilli flakes
- 1 teaspoon red chilli powder
- 1/2 teaspoon black pepper
- 1 teaspoon paprika
- 1 teaspoon salt or to taste
- 1-1/2 tablespoons brown sugar
- 1 teaspoon mixed Italian herbs
- 1/2 cup Frank’s Buffalo Wing sauce
- 1 cup ketchup
- 3 tablespoons oil
- FOR CREAM SAUCE
- 1-1/2 cups sour cream
- 200 grams cream cheese
- 1 cup milk
- Salt to taste
- 1 chicken stock cube
- 1 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
- 1 teaspoon dried oregano
Instructions
- Heat oil in a pan and sauté minced onion till tender. Now sear ground beef and sausages till the meat changes its colour and the water dries out. Now add in minced garlic and stir fry. Add in all the spices and mixed Italian herbs mentioned under meat sauce. Finally stir in Frank’s Buffalo Wing Sauce and ketchup. Cover and simmer for 2 more minutes.
- In a saucepan whisk together sour cream, milk, cream cheese, salt, black pepper, chicken stock cube and oregano. Let the mixture come to a boil.
- To assemble grease a 10 dish oven proof dish with some butter. Spoon a layer of meat sauce in the bottom of the dish. Spread the boiled spaghetti over the meat sauce. Place knobs of butter on it. Pour all the cream sauce over the spaghetti. Finally spread out a thick layer of the remaining meat sauce. Sprinkle generously with grated cheddar cheese.
- Bake in a preheated oven at 180 degrees Celsius for about 20 minutes.
Adapted from My Secret Bakes
Adapted from My Secret Bakes
My Secret Bakes-Nazeeha Khan http://mysecretbakes.com/
hi is franks buffalo wing sauce easily available? also how do you make aour cream
For sour cream add 3 tablespoons of lemon juice or white vinegar to every 1/2 cup of full fat cream. and you can use any brand of hot sauce, if franks is not available.