chia's spaghetti sauce for a crowd

Submitted by chia2160

"i've made this forever, and it's always a crowd pleaser. made it last night for a post college crowd, no leftovers at all!"

 

• Ready In: 4hrs 20mins
• Ingredients: 22
• Serves: 16

ingredients

• 2 tablespoons olive oil
• 1 lb chopped meat
• 1 lb sweet sausage
• 1 lb hot sausage
• 2 onions, chopped
• 6 cloves garlic, chopped
• 2 (28 ounce) cans chopped tomatoes
• 1 (28 ounce) can tomato puree
• 1 (28 ounce) can whole tomatoes
• 2 cans tomato paste, and
• 1 1⁄2 cups water
• 4 tablespoons oregano
• 4 tablespoons basil
• 2 tablespoons thyme
• 2 tablespoons marjoram
• 1 teaspoon sugar
• 1⁄2 teaspoon red pepper flakes
• 2 bay leaves
• 1 potato

• for meatballs

• 2 lbs chopped meat
• 1 egg
• 1 cup breadcrumbs

directions

1. in a very large stockpot heat oil and add onions, garlic and chopped beef, stir til browned, remove make meatballs-add ingredients, form into balls, add to pot, cook until browned, remove add sausages, cook until browned, remove, cut into 2" piece.
2. add all back to pot, add remaining ingredients, bring to boil, lower to simmer and cook, partially covered 3-4 hrs, stirring every half hour serve over 3 lbs of al dente pasta with freshly grated cheese.

Reviews

[love4culinary]

Oh boy! This sauce ROCKS! I generally do not add so much meat to my sauces, but everyone just loved this; the went crazy over it!! I halved the recipe (adding just a bit more spices :-) ) and only had about 2/3 servings left so I just saved it and we had it for lunch :-) Thanks so much. I think I will make this for a group of friends when I get back to school... if I have any free time lol :-)