Sweet, Beefy Spaghetti Sauce
- Ready In:
- 1hr 50mins
- Ingredients:
- 13
- Serves:
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8
ingredients
- 2 teaspoons extra virgin olive oil
- 3 cloves garlic, crushed
- 1 lb extra lean beef
- 1 large onion, chopped
- 1 green pepper, chopped
- 2 (28 ounce) cans tomatoes
- 2 (5 1/2 ounce) cans tomato paste
- 1⁄2 cup vegetable stock
- 1 (14 ounce) can sliced mushrooms
- 1 teaspoon basil
- 2 bay leaves
- salt
- 1⁄4 teaspoon fresh ground pepper
directions
- Heat oil in bottom of Dutch oven.
- Cook garlic, onions,& green peppers for 3 or 4 minutes.
- Add beef,& brown, not stirring too much, because you want chunks of beef.
- Turn a few cranks of freshly ground pepper over beef as you cook.
- When beef is browned, add tomatoes, tomato paste, vegetable stock, mushrooms, basil, salt& 1/4 tsp pepper.
- Just as sauce begins to bubble, add the bay leaves, then simmer 1& 1/2 hours.
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Reviews
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This sauce is excellent! Don't let the short ingredient list fool you, the flavor is all there. It was not difficult to make. The only changes I made to the recipe were that I used pre-minced garlic instead of fresh, and I used meatballs in addition to the meat in the sauce. A happy 'side effect' of this was that my husband, who is heartburn prone, did not experience any after eating this. This recipe will get handed down to my kids.
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This sauce is excellent! Don't let the short ingredient list fool you, the flavor is all there. It was not difficult to make. The only changes I made to the recipe were that I used pre-minced garlic instead of fresh, and I used meatballs in addition to the meat in the sauce. A happy 'side effect' of this was that my husband, who is heartburn prone, did not experience any after eating this. This recipe will get handed down to my kids.
RECIPE SUBMITTED BY
Moody
USA
I live in Canada, and I work in the restaurant industry (not a chef!). Don't have a favorite cookbook, but I love these internet sites, (especially this one, where you can get the dietary info - that's cool). I'm pretty passionate about animals, and about my health, (regardless of what my beer and cigarette habit might say about me!). The majority of food I like to eat is vegetarian, if not, vegan. I am able to enjoy a good steak every now and again, however. As long as I don't have to cook it. (I hate cooking meat - makes such a mess...) I have recently had a month off - I took the time to backpack around Mexico by myself. Crazy? Nah. Well, maybe...