Spaghetti with home made meat sauce

This is true comfort food as far as I'm concerned. Nothing soothes me more than a bowl of spaghetti slathered in the goodness of rich home made sauce, garnished with parmesan or cheddar and served with garlic bread, Yummo :-))

ingredients:

Spaghetti - 3/4 pack of Barilla
Salt

Sauce:
Onions          - 2 big, diced finely
tomatoes       - 4 big, diced finely
Tomato paste - 2 tbsp
Celery stick   - 1 diced finely
Minced beef   - 300gms
Capsicum      - 1/2 cup diced
Garlic             - 2 tbsp, chopped
Sugar             - 1tsp
Cayenne pepper - 1tsp (optional)
white flour         - 1 tbsp
Salt & Pepper to taste

Garnish: Grated Parmesan

Method:
Boil Spaghetti in salted water and cook until al-dente. Drain and keep aside.

Sauce: Heat oil in a pan, add onion and garlic. Cook until translucent. Add the chopped tomatoes, tomato paste, salt and sugar. Cook until the tomatoes are mashed completely into the onions. Add capsicums, mince, cayenne pepper if using and cook on medium flame, stirring every now and then. Mix the white flour in half cup water and stir into the sauce. Let the sauce simmer gently for about 20 minutes, covered.

Once the sauce is done spoon the sauce over the spaghetti  and garnish with grated Parmesan. In my case it was the cheddar as I didn't have the Parmesan on hand :-))

GARLIC BREAD:
Garlic bread shown in the picture above is Ciabatta. I minced a clove of garlic, added a dash of salt and Italian herbs. Mixed the garlic with a tablespoon of butter and smeared this on top of the Ciabatta cut diagonally. You can either grill this or heat it in the oven until the butter has melted and the bread is a bit crisp.