Luscious sauce made from real tomatoes! If you're anything like me you'll want to eat this amazing sauce with just your fingers it's so good. It's very flavorful and works perfectly in spaghetti and in lasagna!
The recipe is here (for a full recipe), and pictures of the process are below:
Ingredients:
Full Recipe:
12 cups diced tomatoes (de-stemmed but skin on)
3 cups diced onion
3/4 to 1 cup diced green bell pepper
3/4 cup finely diced carrots (1/2 cm thick)
Olive oil
6 cloves garlic, minced
1 1/2 Tbsp. oregano
1 1/2 Tbsp. basil
3 Tbsp. parsley (fresh or dried)
3 Tbsp. white sugar
1 1/2 Tbsp. salt
1/2 tsp. black pepper
12 oz. tomato paste (or more for a thicker sauce)
Per 6 cups sauce:
1 lb. Italian sausage
1 lb. ground beef
8 oz. mushrooms, diced
Directions:
Dice all vegetables and mix spices in a small bowl.
In a large pot, add the olive oil and heat on medium-heat.
Add in carrots, onion, and bell pepper and cook about 10 minutes, or until softened and onions are becoming transparent.
Add in minced garlic and stir for about 30-60 seconds, or until fragrant.
Then add in seasonings, mix, and then mix in all the tomatoes.
Bring to a gentle boil and then cover the pot loosely with a lid and let simmer 2-4 hours.
When the sauce is done it should be thicker and less transparent. Then mix in the tomato paste until the desired thickness and flavor is achieved. Taste for additional seasonings (such as whether it needs more salt).
If freezing: Let the sauce cool. Place in freezer bags/containers and freeze up to 3 months.
When preparing the spaghetti, bring water to a boil and cook noodles as instructed. In a separate pan fry ground beef and Italian sausage in a pan. Drain excess fat. Add in mushrooms and cook. Mix in with the sauce.
Dice all vegetables and mix spices in a small bowl.
In a large pot, add the olive oil and heat on medium-heat.
Add in carrots, onion, and bell pepper and cook about 10 minutes, or until softened and onions are becoming transparent.
Add in minced garlic and stir for about 30-60 seconds, or until fragrant.
Then add in seasonings, mix, and then mix in all the tomatoes (next picture).
After adding in the tomatoes
Bring to a gentle boil and then cover the pot loosely with a lid and let simmer 2-4 hours.
When the sauce is done it should be thicker and less transparent. Then mix in the tomato paste until the desired thickness and flavor is achieved. Taste for additional seasonings (such as whether it needs more salt).
When preparing the spaghetti, bring water to a boil and cook noodles as instructed. In a separate pan fry ground beef and italian sausage in a pan. Drain excess fat. Add in mushrooms and cook. Mix in with the sauce (next picture).
After mixing the meat and mushroom into the sauce. Then serve on cooked noodles.