Mama's Spaghetti

Submitted by Sashacrab

"Everyone makes spaghetti a little different, but this is the spaghetti I grew up with. It's my favorite!"

 

• Ready In: 1hr 30mins
• Ingredients: 17
• Serves: 8-10

ingredients

• 2 lbs ground beef
• 1 tablespoon olive oil
• 2 medium onions
• 2 -6 garlic cloves, to taste
• 1 -2 tablespoon oregano, to taste
• 1 tablespoon basil, to taste
• 1 tablespoon thyme, to taste
• 1 teaspoon rosemary, to taste
• 2 bay leaves, to taste
• 1⁄2 tablespoon sugar, to taste
• 1 (6 ounce) can tomato paste
• 1 (14 ounce) tomato sauce
• 1 (28 ounce) can whole tomatoes
• 8 ounces water, to taste
• 1 -2 package of fresh mushrooms mushroom (or cans)
• 1 (6 ounce) can olives, black, sliced (or 2 cans)
• pasta

directions

1. Brown Ground Beef, drain.
2. In separate pan, saute Onion and Garlic in olive oil.
3. Combine Onion and Garlic with Ground Beef in stock pot.
4. Salt and Pepper to taste.
5. Over medium heat: Add spices and Bay Leaves.
6. Add the rest of the Ingredients.
7. Add water to taste (I use about a half to a whole can).
8. Simmer on low - med for 1 hour, stirring occasionally. Break up whole tomatoes while cooking.
9. Serve over your favorite pasta. We typically use vermicelli or angel hair.

Reviews

[mommyluvs2cook]

This is fantastic spaghetti sauce!! I cooked mine for longer, more like 3 hours and forgot the sugar but didn't miss it so next time I'll leave it out on purpose :) Thanks for an A+ recipe!

 

[CIndytc]

Excellent sauce...Had friends over to taste and rate and it was voted 5 stars! The only thing I changed was I used splenda for the sugar and added a wee bit of red wine....Made for Spring PAC 2010.

 

[Chef Jules 4]

Had this for dinner last night. Can't wait to eat the leftovers!

 

[Papadopolis]

This is the best spaghetti sauce in the whole wide world. Delicious.