Cooking for Parties/pasta cooking

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Expert: - 6/12/2008


Question
Hi, i need to cook spaghetti (red sauce) for 50 people how many pasta should i buy and how many sauce (i will buy the ready made sauce?

Answer
It's much cheaper to make your own.  Here's an excellent recipe that will serve your guests easily.  Caluculate 3 oz of uncooked pasta per person which is about 10 lbs of uncooked pasta.
Here's the recipe--follow it exactly for the best sauce you've ever had--restuarant quality for sure!

13 lbs ground beef
40 15oz cans any cheap tomato sauce
10 6 oz can tomato paste
9 TBS + 1 tsp Basil
18 TBS + 2 tsp garlic powder
10 TBS Italian Seasoning blend (Spice Islands)
10 bay leaves
18 TBS + 2 tsp fennel seed
3 c. sugar
3 TBS accent
2 TBS crushed red pepper

I promise this will be the best sauce you've ever tasted!  If you'd like to make a test batch, here's the recipe scaled for 6:

1 1/4 lbs ground beef
4 15oz cans any cheap tomato sauce
1 6 oz can tomato paste
1 tsp Basil
2 tsp garlic powder
1 TBS Italian Seasoning blend (Spice Islands)
1 bay leaf
2 tsp fennel seed
1/2 c. sugar (trust me)
1 tsp accent
1/2 tsp crushed red pepper

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