"I have a lot of memories with this one particularly terrible ex-boyfriend that I don't like to think about, but eating this sofrito pasta that his mom used to make is not one of them. She emigrated from Colombia and adapted American dishes to her taste, but her meat sauce was the best. She would fry sofrito for the base and simply add cooked ground beef, sazón, and jarred tomato sauce. The first time I had it, I remember thinking, "I need more. Right. Now."."
"My version is a bit more bougie and calls for caramelized tomato paste and white wine, but the result is the same: A sauce you will need seconds. And thirds. And fourths of."
A Colombian immigrant adapted American dishes, creating a beloved meat sauce built from fried sofrito, cooked ground beef, sazón, and jarred tomato sauce. The sauce produced an immediate craving: "I need more. Right. Now." The recipe can be elevated by caramelizing tomato paste and adding white wine for deeper flavor. The enriched version maintains the same compelling result: a pasta sauce that demands seconds and subsequent helpings. The combination of aromatic sofrito, savory beef, and concentrated tomato achieves comforting, addictive flavor that blends traditional Colombian technique with American pantry ingredients.
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