Recipes for a Crowd

1 SAUCE: Combine marinara sauce and precooked ground beef in steam kettle or saucepot. Mix well. Bring to a boil on medium
heat. Reduce heat and simmer 5 minutes. Stir in seasonings. Reduce heat. CCP: Hold for service at 140 F. or higher.
2 SPAGHETTI: Add salt to boiling water.
3 Quickly scatter spaghetti noodles into boiling water in small batches. This prevents noodles from sticking together. Stir
periodically while adding noodles.
4 Cook spaghetti 8-12 minutes, or until white center no longer appears when a test noodle is cut in half. Stir frequently during
cooking time. Begin testing for doneness after 8 minutes. Cooking times vary, depending upon noodle size. Drain immediately.
Rinse excess starch from pasta with HOT tap water. Fluff spaghetti with gloved hands or tongs while rinsing.
5 Divide pasta evenly between steam table pans. Add 1/2 cup vegetable oil to each pan of pasta. Coat pasta with oil. CCP: Hold
for service at 140 F. or higher.
6 Serve 1 cup spaghetti with 1 cup meat sauce.