sweet spaghetti

23 Pinches
manchester, TN
Updated on Jan 25, 2014

My deceased husbands grandmother made this recipe up. she was in her 90's when she died. She and her husband killed hogs every winter and had lots of pork fat back .. So she found many ways to make dishes of of it. This is one of them ..Only my husband had the recipe. I make it often now with garlic breas as it is so unusual.. Buter delicious.

prep time 20 Min
cook time 1 Hr
method Stove Top
yield 5-6 people

Ingredients

  • 1/2 pound salted pork fat
  • 1 medium onion chopped up
  • 1 can tomatoe juice 32 ounces
  • 1/2 box thin spaghetti un cooked
  • 1/3 cup sugar ( can add little more go by taste )

How To Make sweet spaghetti

  • Step 1
    First get a large skillet, chopped up pork fat in small pieces and brown real good crispy.add onion into this and brown it with the pork fat. Then add the whole can of tomatoe juice to skillet. Let it get to boiling then add your spaghetti to that stir real good to separate all the spaghetti sprinkle the sugar all over the top and cover with a lid.turn down the heat and simmer until spaghetti is done about 15 mins.. stir real good and it is ready serve with garlic bread and a salad and it is delicious.....

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Category: Pasta
Category: Pork
Keyword: #sweet
Keyword: #addicting
Keyword: #tangy
Ingredient: Pork
Culture: American
Method: Stove Top

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