Spaghetti Sauce
CATEGORIES
INGREDIENTS
- 1 lb. lean Ground Beef
- 1 lb. Ground Sausage
- 1 Onion
- 1 Green Bell Pepper
- 1 Red Bell Pepper
- 2 Celery stalks
- 1 Zuccinni
- 7 Roma Tomatoes (Chop all veg.)
- Salt & Pepper to taste
- 1- 6 oz. can Tomatoe Paste
- 1 can Water
- 2-15 oz. cans Tomatoe Sauce
- add a little Water to wash out bottom of cans
- 1/2 Cup Carrot (shredded)
- 2 t. Oregano (give it a little pinch to wake up the flavor)
- 2 t. Basil
- a little more Pepper
- Crushed Red Pepper Flakes (to taste)
- 3-4 Pepperocini (chopped)
- 3 cloves Garlic (minced)
- (Optional add ins:)
- Mushrooms (sliced)
DIRECTIONS
- Directions:
- Brown ground beef & sausage with salt & pepper, drain fat. Then to larger pot add ground beef & sausage mixture, onion, green pepper, celery, tomatoe and zuccinni. Add tomatoe paste, stir, add water, stir, add tomatoe sauce & water, stir. Add rest of ingrediants and 1 clove minced garlic. Simmer 3 hours on low heat, stirring occasionally. Last 1/2 hour of cooking time add the rest of the garlic.
- Note: I've recently been cooking this in my crock pot and that works great! Add browned beef & sausage and all other ingrediants and 1 clove minced garlic to crock pot and let simmer all day on low. Add the rest of the garlic to sauce an hour before it's finished cooking...
- Number Of Servings: Use 1/3 the sauce for dinner and freeze the other 2/3 for future dinners.
RECIPE BACKSTORY
Source of Recipe:
My Kitchen
Jamie loves her mothers sauce.... Use this sauce for spaghetti, ravioli, tortelini or lasagna. This is my own recipe that took Years to perfect....
Note: I've recently been cooking this in my crock pot and that works great! Add browned beef & sausage and all other ingrediants and 1 clove minced garlic to crock pot and let simmer all day on low. Add the rest of the garlic to sauce an hour before it's finished cooking...
Number Of Servings: Use 1/3 the sauce for dinner and freeze the other 2/3 for future dinners.