Bea's Italian Style Spaghetti Sauce

Submitted by queenbeatrice

"This is a family favourite. I've been making this for years, but had never taken the time to write it down. I finaly decided to take the time to type it up on my laptop as I was putting it together. I'm glad I did, now whenever someone asks for my recipe, I'll send them here, lol. I use the UNICO brand name sauce in this recipe, I have tried others but the sauce does not turn out as good. The amount of ml is per can, so 4- 680 ml cans sauce = 680 ml x 4, NOT 680 ml total for recipe. My appalogies to gertc96 for the confusion about the pepper. I typed in that ingredient twice without reallizing it. It is fixed now for others who will make this recipe. ;)"

 

• Ready In: 4hrs 15mins
• Ingredients: 17
• Serves: 12

ingredients

• 907.18 g ground beef
• 3 onions, chopped
• 5 garlic cloves, chopped
• 473.18 ml mixed mushrooms, sliced
• 1 green pepper, diced
• 3 stalk celery, diced
• 796 ml can diced tomatoes
• 4 (2720 ml) can unico garlic pasta sauce
• 2 bay leaves
• 14.79 ml garlic powder
• 14.79 ml oregano
• 4.92 ml basil
• 4.92 ml thyme
• 4.92 ml marjoram
• 4.92 ml celery salt
• 4.92 ml onion salt
• 4.92 ml pepper

directions

1. Brown meat with 2 onions and garlic cloves in large sauce pot.
2. Drain fat.
3. Add remaining ingredients to pot and mix well.
4. Place in 350 degree oven for 2 hours.
5. Lower heat to 275 degrees and cook for another 2 hours.

Reviews

[Boomette]

This is a great spaghetti sauce. Easy to do. Almost no checking involved while it's in the oven. I used lean ground beef. I didn't use unico garlic pasta sauce cause when I saw how much sodium in a can, I decided to use a plain pasta sauce with almost no sodium. I have to do this for DH's health. And since I'm not really a garlic lover, it was perfect. I still used the garlic and garlic powder as mentionned. The seasoning are great. I didn't use celery salt and onion salt for the same reason. But then I used onion powder. Thanks Pink :) I'll do it often. Made for PRMR tag game

 

[gertc96]

This was a very good sauce. I cut the recipe in half because there are just 4 of us in the family eating it. Next time, I will make the full recipe and freeze some of it. I think it'd be great in a lasagna. I had some tomato paste that needed to be used (about 2 TBSP) and added that as well. It gave it a good consistency. I have never eaten spaghetti sauce cooked in the oven before. It sure was good that way. The flavors blended together so well. I did leave out the celery, due to personal preference. I was a bit confussed about the pepper being listed twice. Was the first tsp supposed to be cooked in with the onions, beef and garlic powder? Thanks for sharing. Made for PRMR-2010