Deb And Walt's Spaghetti Meat Sauce

A meat sauce for pasta ( spaghetti ) with a nice bite to it. Vary the amount of tabasco for more bite and the amount of worcestershire for more sweetness.

• Ready In: 3 hrs 15 mins
• Serves: 4-6
• Yields: 2 quarts

Ingredients

• 2  tablespoons olive oil
• 500  g ground beef
•  salt and pepper, to taste
• 1  white onion, chopped
• 1  stalk celery, diced
• 3  cloves garlic, slivered
• 5  dashes Worcestershire sauce, to taste
• 5  dashes Tabasco sauce, to taste
• 250  g fresh mushrooms, sliced
• 1360  ml tomato sauce (2 - 680 Ml. Cans)
• 2  tablespoons basil, to taste
• 2  tablespoons oregano, to taste

Directions

1. 1.
2. Heat 2 tbsps of olive oil in a large pot.
3. Crumble ground beef in frying pan with potato masher or wooden spoon and brown approximately 5 minutes on medium-high heat.
4. Salt and pepper to taste.
5. 2.
6. Add onions, celery and garlic.
7. Cook for additional 2-3 minutes until onions are softened.
8. Add worcestershire, tabasco and mushrooms; cook on medium heat about 5 minutes until mushrooms soften.
9. 3.
10. Add 2- 680 milliliter cans of tomato sauce and 2 tablespoons each, of oregano and basil.
11. Bring to a boil then simmer on low for about 2 1/2 hours, stirring occasionally.