World's Best Spaghetti Sauce
- Ready In:
- 3hrs 25mins
- Ingredients:
- 22
- Serves:
-
4-6
ingredients
- 3 (15 1/2 ounce) cans tomato sauce
- 2 (6 ounce) cans tomato paste
- 1 (1 1/2 ounce) packet spaghetti sauce mix
- 2 cups beef broth
- 1⁄4 1/4 cup merlot or 1/4 cup cabernet sauvignon wine
- 1 tablespoon Worcestershire sauce
- 4 -6 fresh garlic cloves, crushed
- 2 green bell peppers, chopped
- 1 red bell pepper, chopped
- 1⁄2 lb fresh button mushrooms (halved or quartered)
- 1⁄2 cup celery, diced
- 1⁄2 cup carrot, diced
- 1 large vidalia onion, diced
- 1 (6 ounce) can ripe olives, diced
- 1 bunch green onion, sliced
- 1 lb Italian sausage (casing removed cut into slices and cooked or 1lb cooked ground beef)
- 4 bay leaves
- 1 tablespoon basil (or to taste)
- 1 tablespoon oregano (or to taste)
- 1 teaspoon sea salt (or to taste)
- 1 teaspoon fresh ground black pepper (or to taste)
- 1⁄4 tablespoon sugar, adding more if necessary
directions
- In large 5-qt saucepan, sauté fresh garlic in olive oil until golden brown.
- Add vidalia and green onions, peppers, and spices and continue cooking until peppers are tender and onions are translucent.
- Add mushrooms, carrots, and celery and continue to cook for a few minutes more.
- In a separate pan, dissolve spaghetti seasoning packet in the beef broth and bring to a boil over medium heat.
- Reduce heat and add the tomato paste, using a whisk stir until smooth.
- Add the tomato sauce to the onions, peppers, carrots, celery and mushrooms and stir.
- Add the beef broth and tomato paste mixture to the tomato sauce and vegetables along with the red wine, Worcestershire sauce and diced ripe olives.
- Season to taste with salt and pepper then add the cooked sausage or ground beef.
- Add 1/4 tablespoon of sugar, to start. Taste and add more if needed.
- Cover and continue to cook over a low heat stirring often, let the sauce simmer for 2 1/2 to 3 hours to bring out the full taste.
- This sauce freezes well and will keep for 30 days or more.
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I lived in North London as a young women for many years.
I came to California when I married my American husband Craig 19yrs ago.
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My two boys are Dennis and Alan both are living in London, UK and both are married.
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