Jo Mama's World Famous Spaghetti

Name: Jo Mama's World Famous Spaghetti
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 1 h
Yield: 4
Ingredients: 2 lbs Italian sausage, casings removed (mild or hot); 1 small onion, chopped (optional); 3 -4 garlic cloves, minced; 1 (28 ounce) can diced tomatoes; 2 (6 ounce) cans tomato paste; 2 (15 ounce) cans tomato sauce; 2 cups water (for a long period of simmering for flavors to meld. If you don't want to simmer it as long, add less); 3 teaspoons basil; 2 teaspoons dried parsley flakes; 1 1/2 teaspoons brown sugar; 1 teaspoon salt; 1/4-1/2 teaspoon crushed red pepper flakes; 1/4 teaspoon fresh coarse ground black pepper; 1/4 cup red wine (a good Cabernet!); 1 lb thin spaghetti; parmesan cheese

Jo Mama's World Famous Spaghetti was pinched from <a href="http://www.geniuskitchen.com/recipe/jo-mamas-world-famous-spaghetti-22782" target="_blank" rel="noopener">www.geniuskitchen.com.</a>

"My kids will give up a steak dinner for this spaghetti. It is a recipe I have been perfecting for years and it is so good (if I may humbly say) that my kids are disappointed when they eat spaghetti anywhere else but home! In fact they tell me I should open a restaurant and serve only this spaghetti and garlic bread. In response to requests, I have posted the recipe for Recipe #28559 that uses approximately 1/2 of the sauce from this recipe. Have spaghetti one night and lasagna later! Thanks to all of you who have tried my recipe and have written a review. I read and appreciate every one of them! Chef Note: After I posted this recipe I remembered a funny incident--my dear husband usually has a nice bottle of wine handy so when I make a batch of spaghetti I just help myself to a splash of it. On one occasion, there wasn't a bottle opened, but there was a bottle sitting on the counter so I got out the corkscrew and helped myself. For some reason, the spaghetti that night was the best ever. My husband asked what wine I put in it and I showed him the bottle. He nearly fell off the chair. I had opened a rather expensive bottle he had bought to give his boss. Goes to show you--don't use a wine for cooking you wouldn't drink. You get the best results from a good wine!..."

INGREDIENTS

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2 lbs Italian sausage, casings removed (mild or hot)

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1 small onion, chopped (optional)

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3 -4 garlic cloves, minced

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1 (28 ounce) can diced tomatoes

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2 (6 ounce) cans tomato paste

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2 (15 ounce) cans tomato sauce

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2 cups water (for a long period of simmering for flavors to meld. If you don't want to simmer it as long, add less)

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3 teaspoons basil

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2 teaspoons dried parsley flakes

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1 1/2 teaspoons brown sugar

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1 teaspoon salt

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1/4-1/2 teaspoon crushed red pepper flakes

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1/4 teaspoon fresh coarse ground black pepper

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1/4 cup red wine (a good Cabernet!)

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1 lb thin spaghetti

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parmesan cheese

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