Sunday, December 30, 2012

Homemade Meat Sauce

I've posted several recipes that call for tomato sauce, so I figured I'd post one of my homemade sauce recipes in case you want to try it out.  This is my "kitchen sink" sauce.  It has a little bit of everything and my husband has given it rave reviews.  



Ingredients:
  • 1lb ground beef 
  • 1lb sweet italian sausage
  • 1/4c+ olive oil
  • 1 medium diced yellow onion
  • 1 diced celery rib
  • 1 tbsp minced garlic
  • 1/4lb diced prosciutto
  • 1/4lb diced pancetta
  • italian seasoning, salt, pepper
  • 1c italian red wine
  • 3 tbsp tomato paste
  • 28oz crushed tomato
  • 28oz tomato puree
  • 3/4 tsp sugar
  1. In a dutch oven or sauce pan, brown the beef and the sausage in a little olive oil until it starts to brown.  Add the red wine and cook 8 minutes on medium heat.
  2. In a skillet, add 1/4c olive oil and the onion through pancetta.  Add some italian seasoning, salt and pepper.  Cook on medium low for about 10 min.
  3. Add your veggie/pancetta mix to the beef mix along with the tomato paste, crushed tomato, puree and sugar.  Bring to a boil, and then let it simmer, covered, for 3-4 hours.  Stir every 20 minutes or so.
You can use this meat sauce for pasta, lasagna, stuffed cabbage rolls, etc.


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