This pasta dish is very close to my heart because it’s one of the dishes Patrick cooked for me when we were first dating. The combination of sausage, kale and fennel go extremely well together. Because of this pasta dish, I am in love with fennel. It’s incredibly easy, and it’s full of delicious flavors.
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It’s extremely rare but every now and then, I step in and actually cook dinner. Earlier tonight, I volunteered to cook dinner on Thursdays to give him at least a day break from cooking. I know that cooking takes a lot of time and dedication, and with Patrick’s graveyard hours and job responsibilities, it makes it tough for him to unwind and relax when he spends all his off-time grocery shopping and cooking.
So tonight, I made some delicious Filipino Style Spaghetti for dinner. Patrick and I live in Daly City, a city occupied by around 35%-40% or so Filipinos, so we have access to some of the best Filipino foods around the area. In addition to that, I have a lot of Filipino friends who have invited me to many of their huge Filipino parties, so I’d consider myself pretty familiar with their dishes and flavors.
Filipino Style Spaghetti has a very unique taste from other pastas. It can be best described as a sweet thickened tomato sauce with ground beef and hotdogs. The secret ingredient that makes this spaghetti unique is a bottle Jufran Banana Sauce aka Banana Ketchup. Here’s a simple recipe that will knock your flavor senses out.