Diane's Meatsauce for Pasta
- Ready In:
- 1hr 50mins
- Ingredients:
- 12
- Yields:
-
2-3 batches
- Serves:
- 24
ingredients
- 1⁄4 cup olive oil
- 2 large carrots, finely diced
- 2 -3 stalks celery, finely diced
- 2 large onions, finely chopped
- 4 -5 garlic cloves, finely minced
- 2 lbs ground meat (all beef or combo of beef, pork, veal)
- 2 (6 ounce) cans tomato paste
- 1 cup red wine
- 4 (28 ounce) cans whole tomatoes, cut up (or 1 large can from Warehouse Club)
- 1 (1 lb) package pork neck bones (optional) or (1 lb) package spareribs (optional)
- to taste basil, parsley, oregano (or dried ( use smaller quantity than with fresh herbs)
- to taste salt, pepper, red pepper flakes
directions
- Sauté vegetables (carrot, celery, onion) with some salt in oil to soften. Add garlic and sauté 30 seconds.
- Add ground meat breaking up and crumbling as it browns.
- Add tomato paste and cook until paste turns dark red.
- Add wine and reduce until almost gone.
- Add tomatoes (optional, put through a food mill / sieve before adding).
- Add neck bones, if using.
- Add herbs and red pepper flakes.
- Cook about 1 ½ hours. Adjust seasoning to taste. Better the next day.
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RECIPE SUBMITTED BY
Diane C 2
South Lyon, Michigan