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If using, deglaze with red wine. If wine is unavailable, add a cup of beef broth. Heat on medium-high. Stir and scrape brown bits from the pan with your wooden spoon. Wait until most of the wine has reduced with the brown bits and onion mixture.
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Now add tomato sauce. Carefully stir it around the ribs with a wooden spoon. Simmer on medium-low heat. I use glass-jarred strained tomatoes. I fill the bottle 1/2-3/4 with sauce and water and shake to get the bottom sauce. I add watery tomato sauce to the pot.
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Simmering the rib sauce in a large pot or Dutch oven for 3–4 hours should fall off the bones. Stir the sauce occasionally and add water if it thickens. Each oven is unique. Increase heat if not simmering. Cook the sauce until simmering.
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Remove the pot from the burner and place it on something to protect the counter from the hot pan bottom. Shred meat into bite-sized pieces on a cutting board with a fork and knife or two forks.Put rib bites back in sauce.Make pasta per package instructions. Drain pasta and add to large sauce skillet before al dente.