World's Best Pasta Sauce

Submitted by AmyZoe

"This is a meaty recipe that is quite good. Recipe courtesy of John Chandler and allrecipes.com."

 

• Ready In: 1hr 45mins
• Ingredients: 14
• Serves: 16

ingredients

• 1 lb sweet Italian sausage, sliced
• 3⁄4 lb lean ground beef
• 1⁄2 cup minced onion
• 2 garlic cloves, crushed
• 28 ounces crushed tomatoes
• 6 ounces tomato paste
• 6 1⁄2 ounces tomato sauce
• 1⁄2 cup water
• 2 tablespoons white sugar
• 1 1⁄2 teaspoons dried basil
• 1⁄2 teaspoon fennel seed
• 1 teaspoon italian seasoning
• 1⁄2 teaspoon salt
• 1⁄4 teaspoon ground black pepper

directions

1. In a large pot or Dutch oven over medium heat, cook the sausage, beef, onion, and garlic until well browned and drain fat.
2. Stir in crushed tomatoes, tomato paste, tomato sauce, and water.
3. Mix in sugar and season with basil, fennel seed, italian seasoning, salt, and pepper.
4. Reduce heat to low and cover, and simmer 1 1/2 hours, stirring occasionally.

Reviews

[samuel]

I made this recipe as written. The recipe was easy to follow. I served it on a bed of spaghetti. The sauce had a lot of flavor and was one of the best pasta sauce recipes I have found in a long time. Thanks for sharing..