Ospidillo Cafe Meatball Sauce Recipes

OSPIDILLO CAFE HOT DOG CHILI SAUCE NO. 13

Steps:

• Using about three cups of water in a small pan, boil the sausage for a few minutes until it is broken up. Drain, using a colander, and put the sausage and the 1 Tablespoon of Italian Seasoning into a food processor and pulse it until it is of a fine consistency.
• Combine all ingredients, including the sausage, into a large cooking pot on medium heat and bring to a boil. (If you can't find Dale's Steak Seasoning, use 2 teaspoons of soy and one additional teaspoon of Worcestershire sauce). Once it boils, reduce the heat to low and allow it to simmer, covered, for two hours, stirring often.
• At the end of the 2 hours, remove the bay leaves and any pieces of garlic you can find, and serve over hot dogs or footers with mustard and finely diced onions.

OSPIDILLO CAFE SPAGHETTI SAUCE

Steps:

• Combine all ingredients and simmer over a slow boil for three hours. Remove bay leaves before serving.

THE OSPIDILLO CAFE CABBAGE ROLL SAUCE

Steps:

• Sautee the onion in the olive oil in a thick-bottomed pot until tender. Do not drain.
• Add all other ingredients, cover the pot, and simmer for an hour or so, stirring frequently.
• NOTE: Sometimes, I use 2 large chopped onions instead of just one.

OSPIDILLO CAFE CINCINNATI CHILI NO. 2

Steps:

• In a large cooking pot, over medium-high heat, break up the burger into the chicken stock.
• Add all the remaining ingredients except for the bell pepper and the kidney beans, bring to a boil, and then lower the heat to a simmer (slightly bubbling).
• Cover, and allow the chili to simmer for three hours, stirring often.
• At the end of three hours, remove the garlic clove and the bay leaves and drop in the red bell pepper (or, substitute a jalapena pepper if you prefer just a litle heat).
• Simmer for two more hours, again stirring often.
• At the end of the two hours, remove the whole pepper and add the drained/rinsed kidney beans. Simmer for one additional hour, covered, and continue frequent stirring.
• Tips: If you see a need to add just a little additional chicken stock along the way, go ahead and do so, remembering that you will be topping spaghetti and/or hot dogs with this chili. Also, this is a very old recipe (1922) and any "tweaking" will probably not serve to improve it. Finally, make sure that your spices are fresh -- I prefer ancho chili powder but any variety will do.
• Condiments for the spaghetti dish version include diced sweet onion, sharp cheddar cheese and Tabasco sauce. Servings are based on spaghetti, not hot dogs.

MEATBALLS WITH DRIED CRANBERRY-APRICOT SAUCE

Steps:

• Mix together ground turkey, bread crumbs, onion, milk, egg, parsley flakes, poultry seasoning, Worcestershire sauce, salt and pepper.
• Shape into one-inch balls.
• Brown meatballs in a large non-stick skillet over medium heat.
• Remove meatballs from pan and remove any fat from the pan also.
• Heat ketchup and apricot preserves in the skillet, stirring until blended.
• Add dried cranberries to the sauce mixture.
• Add meatballs until coated with sauce. Simmer uncovered 30 minutes, stirring occasionally.