| More pasta or more sauce? That is the question. | | | | counterpart. Some mix ground meat with an |
| While renowned Italian chef Mario Batali announces | | | | already made tomato pasta sauce to add texture |
| pasta is king in his Serious Eats' segment Mario | | | | and extra protein to their pasta dishes. Adding |
| Unclogged: How to Sauce Pasta, New York Times | | | | meat, however, can also add a pile of grease to |
| food writer Mark Bittman decides piling on the | | | | your sauce, which means Bittman stays away |
| sauce is now the way to go. Batali claims that the | | | | from such meat sauces when piling it on. |
| sauce should be treated as a condiment to pasta, | | | | Spaghetti in Meat Sauce Tomato Meat Sauce |
| and should not interfere with the pasta itself. | | | | Meaty Pasta Dinner Pesto Having originated in |
| "What you want to eat when you eat a bowl of | | | | Genoa, Italy, this sauce is made from a |
| pasta is pasta," he says defending Italy's way of | | | | combination of basil, salt pine nuts and garlic. |
| serving pasta and criticizing the American way as | | | | There are many variations, some including the use |
| "overdressed." On the contrary, Bittman's recent | | | | of a tomato, but the main ingredient is always |
| health finds have spurred him to treat the sauce | | | | basil. While there are no heavy creams in this |
| as the main event and the pasta as, well, an | | | | sauce to send the Bittman scale rising, it would be |
| afterthought. He claims that the dangers of eating | | | | quite hard to manage a high sauce-to-pasta ratio |
| pasta are just as bad as eating a piece of white | | | | with pesto. It's generally not very liquidy or full of |
| bread, or biscotti. But, while many people stand on | | | | chunky vegetables, but rather it provides a layor |
| both sides of this issue, the debate can really go | | | | of flavor that clings to the pasta. Pesto The Basic |
| nowhere if you don't consider what type of pasta | | | | Pesto Recipe Pasta with Pesto Sauce Marinara A |
| sauce you're using. There are countless varieties | | | | simple tomato sauce, often infused with herbs |
| of homemade as well as purchasable sauces out | | | | such as parsley or basil, this sauce is very |
| there, ranging quite widely in nutritional value. The | | | | common in many pasta dishes served in America. |
| following is a basic guide to the types of sauces | | | | In other countries however, marinara sauce |
| people use on their pasta, and which you should | | | | refers to a tomato-based sauce with seafood in |
| pile on (if you so desire), according to the Bittman | | | | it, as the word in Italian means coastal, or |
| point of view. Alfredo Made from parmesan | | | | seafaring. Since there are so many different |
| cheese, butter, and heavy cream, this sauce is | | | | ways to make the marinara sauce, it's hard to |
| most traditionally served with fettucine. This | | | | judge how healthy it is on the Bittman scale. But, |
| sauce originated in Rome, where American | | | | in his own demonstration, he used a |
| tourists would enjoy restauranteur Alfredo di | | | | tomato-based sauce with a variety of vegetables. |
| Lelio's creation. A heavy and very fatty sauce, | | | | Marinara Sauce Shrimp Marinara Pasta with |
| this would not be a choice Mark Bittman would | | | | Marinara Sauce and Grilled Vegetables The sky is |
| back when encouraging the more sauce-to-pasta | | | | the limit for the kinds of sauces out there, from |
| ratio. Light Alfredo Fettuccine Alfredo Roasted | | | | blue cheese to fish sauces; new sauces are being |
| Garlic Alfredo Vodka Traditionally, vodka sauce is | | | | invented every day. So go out there and create |
| made from heavy cream, crushed tomatoes, and | | | | a new sauce today, or be inspired by these |
| garlic powder. Some add sausage to the mixture, | | | | additional recipes that didn't fall into their own |
| but overall this is also seen as a heavy sauce. The | | | | categories. Eggplant Spaghetti Sauce Pasta with |
| most common pasta dish to use this sauce is | | | | Blue Cheese Sauce Gourmet Bowtie Pasta with |
| penne a la vodka. Origins of the dish have been | | | | Goat Cheese Sauce Shrimp in Champagne Sauce |
| disputed with some claiming it was invented in | | | | with Pasta Pasta with Butter-Wine Sauce Shrimp |
| Bologna, Italy, and others retorting Naples was its | | | | Angel Hair with Lemon Caper Cream Sauce Angel |
| original home. Bittman scale says: not the sauce | | | | Hair Pasta with Creamy Mushroom Sauce |
| I'm talking about! Pasta with Lemon Vodka Sauce | | | | Spaghetti with Clam Sauce Ricotta and Fresh |
| Penne Pasta with Tomato Vodka Sauce Shrimp | | | | Herb Sauce Pasta with Leek, Pepper, and Chive |
| Penne a la Vodka Meat Sauce Self-explanatory, | | | | Sauce |
| meat sauce is generally a ground beef, turkey or | | | | Hillary Marshak is a writer and editor for an up |
| pork cooked with some kind of tomato | | | | and coming recipe sharing Website. |