Mimi's Spaghetti Sauce

Submitted by kitty.rock

"This is my mother's home made spaghetti sauce, which I like to use when making lasagna or baked ziti too. It's not real thick, and not real thin. You can usually serve it after cooking only 1 hour, but additional time brings out the taste better. The only alteration I made to Mimi's recipe is I added chopped green pepper for DH. You can also make it with ground buffalo or ground turkey for a leaner version."

 

• Ready In: 2hrs 15mins
• Ingredients: 15
• Serves: 6

ingredients

• 453.59 g lean ground beef
• 29.58 ml olive oil
• 1 medium onion, minced
• 3 garlic cloves, minced
• 1 medium green bell pepper, minced
• 170.09 g can tomato paste
• 226.79-340.19 g can tomato sauce
• 4.92 ml dried basil
• 9.85 ml dried oregano
• 2.46 ml dried rosemary (crushed)
• 2.46 ml dried thyme
• 2 bay leaves
• 0.25 ml sugar
• salt
• black pepper

directions

1. Put olive oil in stock pot.
2. Add onion, garlic and green pepper. Saute over low heat until onion is translucent.
3. Add ground beef and brown until thoroughly cooked. Drain excess grease.
4. Add tomato paste and tomato sauce. Include one can water from each (about 2 cups water). Stir together until paste is mixed in well with other ingredients.
5. Add basil, oregano, rosemary, thyme, bay leaves and pinch of sugar.
6. Bring to a boil, then reduce heat and simmer on low for 1-2 hours.
7. Serve over cooked pasta, with freshly grated parmesan cheese, salad and hot bread.

Reviews

[Scott L.]

Great sauce--I love the combination of all the herbs. I don't add any water when I make sauce and it worked out well with this recipie; nice and thick.

 

[PaulaG]

Ground turkey was used in place of the ground beef and a 15 oz can of tomato sauce. This was also cooked all day in the crock pot and used to make skillet lasagna. Very good and simple. Made for *PAC Spring 2009*

 

[Harperlou]

Really good! the only thing i did different was add a little red wine and use meatballs. just really good simple sauce!

 

[kittycatmom]

This is a very easy to put together sauce that only gets better the longer it cooks. I made this in my slow cooker and cooked together with turkey meatballs, also added 2 zucchini and 1/2 cup chopped carrots. Delicious meal on a busy night! Thank you FN! This is a keeper!

 

[PalatablePastime]

Simple and delicious! This is the kind of sauce my mother made when I was growing up as well! Not surprising that great moms think alike, and they know exactly what kind of food stands for comfort and home. Thank you for sharing, and thanks to all the moms out there as well. ~Sue