Tuesday, August 4, 2009

Freezing and Thawing The Sauce and Meatballs!

What to do with those yummy leftovers!


OK, well, I really am going to try and get this blog thing moving along here. I might use this space to answer some of the many questions I get from my Italian recipes site. One thing I get asked a lot is how to freeze the Spaghetti Sauce and Meatballs leftovers. What I normally do is make a large pot that is always too much for the group I am serving so I often have many leftovers. I like to freeze my suace in small one or two serving containers with one large family size container. I usually put enough sauce for two people in a small container with two meatballs in each container and then I will have one large container to thaw out for the family. It's nice to have the small containers ready to go when it's just me or the wife an I and not the whole family. I have placed in this post a photo of how I normally store the leftover pasta sauce and meatballs. What I do to thaw the Sauce and Meatballs after they have been frozen for a whileif just take out a container and defrost in microwave at defrost setting for meat. Halfway through I try to break it up a bit wiht a knife being careful not to break up the meatballs. After it's almost thawed out, I put it all in a small sauce pan and finish thawing out in the pan on low heat. Then serve. Quite yummy every time! There is this mysterious thing about Spaghetti Sauce, it's better as leftovers! Well, hope this helps. Happy cooking, happy times and share the LOVE! More to come. ~8-) Anthony

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