Hearty Spaghetti Sauce
photo by linguinelisa
- Ready In:
- 2hrs 20mins
- Ingredients:
- 19
- Serves:
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8-12
ingredients
- 1 lb ground beef
- 1 lb bulk Italian sausage
- 1 onion, chopped
- 3 (14 ounce) cans diced tomatoes
- 1 (15 ounce) can tomato sauce
- 1 (6 ounce) can tomato paste
- 3 teaspoons brown sugar
- 4 garlic cloves, chopped
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1 -2 teaspoon basil
- 2 -3 teaspoons oregano
- 1 -2 teaspoon parsley
- 1 teaspoon black pepper
- 1⁄2 teaspoon garlic powder (or more)
- 1⁄2 teaspoon onion powder
- 2 bay leaves
- 1⁄2 teaspoon thyme
- 1 1⁄2 cups red wine or 1 1/2 cups dry white wine
- 1 cup water
directions
- brown beef and sausage with onion. drain.
- add garlic, spices, tomatoes (all of them), sugar, wine and water.
- bring to a boil.
- reduce and simmer at least 2 hours until thick, the longer the better!
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Reviews
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I made the sauce using all the ingredients listed except I only used 1 lb. of ground beef. I let the sauce simmer for an hour without the meat then removed about 2 cups to use as a marinara sauce and added the meat to the sauce with some mushrooms and continued to simmer it for another hour. I served it over spaghetti and we really liked it though I do prefer my sauce a little thicker.....using only a lb. of beef may have altered the consistency some. Made for My Three Chefs 2013.
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I live in MI with my family and am always on the lookout for new tasty recipes that even my toddler will like. He loves meat and pasta, most fruit and is getting better about veggies. I cook every meal 7 days a week, with the occasional lunch or dinner out (very occasional!) but I love cooking so it's not a bad thing to me.
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<br>I am a big sweets eater and recently got an ice cream maker so I have been whipping up lots of ice cream. My favorite so far has been Ben and Jerry's heath bar crunch, it's so creamy and only lasts 2 days in this house! Other baked goods and homemade bread are favorites too, though not much bread gets baked in the summer.
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<br>I hate doing dishes! We are currently house hunting and a dishwasher is a must (we don't have one right now). Luckily my dh is pretty good about helping out with the dishes :)
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<br>I know it seems like I give lots of good reviews, but there is a good reason: I know what we like, so I pick dishes I think we will like, and often we do. If i give a review of a recipe with no stars it's because I think I did something wrong usually so that's why it didn't come out right. Or if something has excellent ratings and I don't like it, I don't want to ruin that, because obviously I didn't like something, but that's not a refection of the actual recipe!
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<br>I dislike when people don't make the recipe correctly and give it a bad review. Ok, if you change one or two small things, fine, but if you make major changes, not ok. And when people give a bad review because it was good, but not what they are looking for? Sorry, but I don't get that. YOU picked it, if it tastes good but wasn't what you were looking for, not the recipe's fault :)