Lebanese Pasta Sauce is a Tomato based Sauced seasoned with Baharat/Bharat Seasoning or Seven Spice for a Lebanese take on Spaghetti or any other type of Pasta. It's a Lebanese Style Pasta and Sauce.A really special Pasta Sauce that just has to be had once in a while. It's like the Classic Italian Pasta Sauce but uniquely Lebanese Flavored.
Servings: 6 portions
Equipment
- 1 Sauce Pot
Ingredients
Meat
- 1/2 lbs Ground Lamb or Beef
- 1 Beef Steak
- 1 Pork Chop - or 2-4 Lebanese Sausage like Makanek
- 100 g Lamb Fat - or more, chopped into small bits
Pasta Sauce
- 4 C Crushed Tomatoes
- 1 C Tomato Juice - or more for Consistency
- 1/4 C Tomato Paste
- 2 Tbl Sugar & Parsley
- 1 Tbl Salt
- 1/2 tsp Thyme
- Seven Spice - to taste (anywhere from 2 tsp — 2 Tbl), see notes
- Black Pepper - to Taste, it should have a nice heat
Vegetables
- 5 Cloves Garlic - Chopped
- 2-4 Stalks Green Onions - Chopped
- 1 Onion - Diced
- 1 Celery - Diced
- 1 Carrot - Shredded
- 1/2 Red Pepper - Diced
- 1/2 Green Pepper - Diced
Instructions
- Start by prepping all the Vegetables and set aside.
- Over medium heat in a Large Wok or Sauce Pot, Render the Lamb Fat. Once the Lamb is crisp, remove from the pan and set aside. When the Lamb Crackling is cooled, chop very finely and add back into the Sauce at the end.
- Cook the Beef Steak and Pork Chop or Sausages and set aside. To mince and add back into the sauce.
- Cook the ground Lamb or Beef until half way done. Add in all Vegetables and cook until the Ground Meat is done. Add in Tomato Paste and mix well. Cook for a few minutes, then add in remaining ingredients.
- Simmer for about 1 hour. Add Seven Spice to taste, adjust the seasoning if needed, and serve with Pasta.
Notes
Store bought Seven Spice can vary in taste, with some being more pungent than others. Add a small amount and taste to adjust. Even with the seven spice provided, taste and adjust to suit your preferences.
You can use a bottle of Passata with 2 Cups of Water in place of Crushed Tomatoes & Tomato Sauce or Juice. Double the amount of Tomato Paste to adjust for consistency. Everything else is the same. You may want to adjust the sweetness by adding in less Sugar, or keep it the same for a sweet sauce with a kick of heat from the added black pepper.
Serve this Lebanese Pasta Dish with Garlic Bread, Twisty Bread or Garlic Fingers.