mel's loaded spaghetti sauce
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This recipe makes enough sauce to feed a family of 3-4 3 meals! I have used it to make manicotti, spaghetti, ravioli, pizza (large or personal pizzas made with frozen country style biscuits) and french bread pizzas. My boys LOVE it when they know it's on the menu!
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prep time
1 Hr
cook time
1 Hr
method
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yield
3-4 serving(s)
Ingredients
- 1 pound lean ground beef
- 1 pound italian sausage (mild or sweet-i prefer the sweet)
- 3/4 cup green bell pepper
- 3/4 cup red bell pepper
- 1 medium onions, vidalia, peeled and chopped
- 2 small bay leaves
- 1 cup mushrooms, fresh and sliced
- 3 cans tomatoes, canned italian-style and diced(do not drain)
- 1 large can tomato paste
- 1/4 cup sugar
- 2 tablespoons basil (can be adjusted to taste)
- 2 tablespoons italian seasonings
- 2 cloves garlic
- 2 teaspoons salt
- 2 teaspoons coarse ground pepper
- 1 teaspoon chili powder (secret #1)
- 1 teaspoon cumin (secret #2)
- 1 can or frozen spinach (drained)
How To Make mel's loaded spaghetti sauce
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Step 1Heat 2 tablespoons of EVOO in 5 qt skillet & saute grated garlic cloves. Crumble beef and sausage together and brown. Add onions, bell peppers, and mushrooms and allow to saute with meat for appx 25 minutes. Then add seasonings. (filet of anchovie can be substituted for salt, just saute with garlic in EVOO!)
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Step 2Add tomato paste and blend into mixture (hint:I use the hottest water from my faucet to get last dregs from can and add to mixture to help with blending). Then add 3 cans of diced tomatoes (using water to rinse cans of dregs and add to sauce-2 1/2 cans of water). Drain and add spinach.
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Step 3Allow to simmer, just below medium (depending on your stove), for 1 hour.
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