Traditional Spaghetti Sauce
This homemade spaghetti sauce is crafted with love, bringing the family together around the table just as my grandmother always intended.
Equipment
- Dutch Oven
Ingredients
- 1 lb Stew Beef
- 1 lb Italian Sausage
- Salt and Pepper to season stew beef
- 3 Bay Leaves
- 1 ½ tablespoon Avocado Oil or Extra Virgin Olive Oil
- 1 Onion diced
- 5 Cloves Garlic diced
- 1 teaspoon Thyme
- 1 ½ teaspoon Oregano
- 1 Medium Tomato pureed
- 4 - 6 oz Cans Tomato Paste
- ¼ Cup Sun Dried Tomatoes pureed
- 12 Cups Water
- ¼ Cup Red Wine
Instructions
- Chop up stew beef into 1 inch cubes. Slice sausage into rounds or chunks. Dice onion and garlic cloves. Puree tomato and sun-dried tomatoes.
- Season all sides of the stew beef with salt and pepper.
- In a heated Dutch Oven on medium high heat, add in oil and brown all meat. This should take 4-5 minutes. Then, remove meat from the dutch oven.
- Lower heat to medium and cook onion until tender. Add in garlic, thyme, oregano, bay leaves, pureed tomato and stir. Cook for 2 minutes.
- Add in tomato paste and cook for 3 minutes. Then, add in pureed sun dried tomatoes and 16 oz of water. Stir well and then add meat back into the dutch oven. Season with salt and pepper (1 teaspoon of each).
- Turn up heat to medium high and cover your dutch oven. Cook until a boil occurs and then reduce heat to a low simmer. Cook for 4 hours stirring every 30 minutes. At 2 hour mark, stir in red wine.
- Sauce should be thick and beautiful. Serve with homemade meatballs over pasta or other Italian dishes you love!
Nutrition
Calories: 391kcalCarbohydrates: 21gProtein: 25gFat: 24gSaturated Fat: 8gPolyunsaturated Fat: 3gMonounsaturated Fat: 11gCholesterol: 78mgSodium: 1142mgPotassium: 1391mgFiber: 5gSugar: 13gVitamin A: 1476IUVitamin C: 25mgCalcium: 82mgIron: 5mg
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