Thursday, April 14, 2011

Sloppy Joes


I couldn't decide what to have until the last moment. I didn't follow a recipe-- just threw things into a pot. It's important to chop the hamburger into tiny pieces. To do that I use a pampered chef tool- I don't even know what it is called- a six inch chopping blade with a handle? Once the meat was finely chopped I added tomato sauce, ketchup, red wine vinegar, molasses, Worcestershire sauce, garlic and a splash of red wine.

Usually when I have a drink of wine while cooking, my dishes turn out wrong. But last night it worked for me. After tasting the sauce I knew it was missing something... in went about 1/4 cup of wine (Cabernet Sauvignon) and it was perfect!