Time: 15 minutes of preparation and 4 hours to cook               Servings: 6

 

Italians are well known for their tasty pasta. In this recipe, we are going to learn how to make a delicious Italian spaghetti sauce. It makes life much easier when it is stored and served on top of your spaghetti. This is an exquisite dinner idea for you and your family.

 

The taste of this spaghetti sauce is really marvelous. It is very moist, thick and creamy. We use different types of tomatoes; tomato paste, roasted tomatoes and crushed tomatoes. For special flavor, we use different seasoning; Italian seasoning, salt, pepper and parsley. In order to have a tangy flavor, we also added garlic and sweet onion. In addition to this, the ground beef and the sausage makes this sauce very moist and prevent it from being dry. Do not worry about the sugar in this recipe. It plays an important role in evening out the taste of the sauce.

 

You can easily prepare this spaghetti sauce. You only need few clear steps that you will find below in the instructions section. Although this recipe takes 4 hours to cook on low, it actually takes only 15 minutes to prepare. Additionally, only few utensils are used. This makes this one of the recipes that do not make you sit in the kitchen for a long time.

 

This spaghetti sauce contains 493 calories, 29g of carbohydrates, 28 g of fat and 32 g of Protein. Each serving of this recipe also provides you with 5 g of Fiber, 18g of sugar, 7 mg of Iron, 1725 IU of vitamin A, 34 mg of Vitamin C, and 127 mg of Calcium. This delicious sauce is very nutritious.

 

INGREDIENTS:

• 1 pound spicy Italian sausage
• 1 pound lean ground beef
• 1 diced large sweet onion,
• 5 minced garlic cloves
• 2 tablespoons of granulated sugar
• 2 teaspoons of dried Italian seasoning
• 1 teaspoon kosher salt
• 1/2 teaspoon pepper
• 1/3 cup fresh chopped parsley
• 12 ounces tomato paste
• 15 ounces-can of diced fire roasted tomatoes
• 28 ounce-can of crushed tomatoes
• 1/2 cup of chicken broth

 

INSTRUCTIONS:

1. Place a large pot or pan over medium-high heat.
2. Add in the beef and the sausage to the pan and break it up into small pieces using a spoon.
3. Stir in the onion and garlic and allow everything to cook.
4. Once the meat is brown, drain off any excess fat.
5. Lower the heat to medium, add in sugar, salt, the dry Italian seasoning, parsley and pepper.
6. Add in the tomato paste and combine everything using a wooden spatula.
7. Add in the diced tomatoes with their liquid, chicken broth and crushed tomatoes and combine everything.
8. Allow the sauce to simmer and reduce the heat to low.
9. Allow it to simmer again for a minimum of an hour and a maximum of 4 hours.
10. You can enjoy it immediately with spaghetti. You can also refrigerate or freeze this sauce for later (check how below)

 

Notes:

• It is recommended to make this sauce in the morning to give it time to simmer throughout the day (for up to 4 hours). The longer it simmers and cooks, the better.
• Sugar plays an important role in this sauce. It lowers the acidity of tomatoes and balances the taste.

 

Ideas for spaghetti sauce leftovers:

• You can spread it over garlic bread.
• You can use it for a quick skillet lasagna.

 

How to serve?

Place it on top of your spaghetti and enjoy!

 

 

How to store?

• You can store this sauce in an airtight container in the refrigerator for a maximum of 3 days.
• This spaghetti sauce can also be reserved in the freezer. Just keep it in an airtight container for a maximum of 4 months.
• You can definitely make it ahead of time. Just store it appropriately.