Spaghetti With Meat Sauce

A tomato based sauce with ground beef and Italian Sausage and more!

• Ready In: 23 mins
• Serves: 4

Ingredients

• 1⁄2 lb Italian sausage
• 1  lb ground beef
• 1 (32 ounce) can  of peeled roma tomatoes
• 1 (14 1/2ounce) can diced tomatoes
• 2  tablespoons sugar
• 3  minced garlic cloves
• 1  cup  minced onion
• 4  tablespoons  italian seasoning
• 1⁄4 cup  diced black olives
• 1 1⁄2 cups beef broth
• 1  cup red wine
• 2  tablespoons kosher salt
• 2  tablespoons ground pepper
• 1⁄2 teaspoon crushed red pepper flakes
• 1  cup  diced mushroom
• 1  teaspoon oregano
• 1  teaspoon garlic powder
• 1  teaspoon onion powder
• 1 (14 1/2ounce) can tomato sauce
• 2  tablespoons olive oil
• 1  lb spaghetti noodles

Directions

1. In a 6 quart sauce pan, add your cans of tomatoes and tomato sauce and all seasonings including sugar, olives, broth and wine. Bring to almost a boil and reduce to simmer.
2. Mix together the beef and sausage, add salt and pepper to taste.
3. In a large skillet, heat the olive oil and brown the meat. This takes approximately 8 minutes.
4. remove the meat when browned and add to sauce pan, keep the juices in the skillet.
5. Saute the onions until they are opaque, about 3 minutes, then add the garlic and cook an additional 1 minute.
6. add the onions and garlic to the sauce pan and the juice from the meat.
7. add your mushrooms to the sauce pan.
8. bring to almost a boil and reduce to simmer, after 15 minutes taste and adjust spices if needed.
9. stir every 15 minutes, cook for about 2.5 hours, taste and add spices to taste.
10. In another Sauce pan, boil water for the pasta and add 1 teaspoon of kosher salt, cook pasta al dente.
11. Once the pasta is cooked and drained, place it back in the pan and add as much sauce as desired and stir gently for two minutes.
12. Serve and top with grated parmesan cheese.