Spaghetti Sauce
Recipe: #1136
October 23, 2011
Categories: Sauce, Tomato/Red Sauces, Ground Beef Beef Dinner, Ground Beef Dinner, more
"The ground beef can be omitted if meatballs are to be used. I mentioned simmering for 1 hour but longer yields more flavor, I let sauce simmer for about 5 hours, stirring occasionally."
Ingredients
Nutritional
- Serving Size: 1 (699.9 g)
- Calories 1206.2
- Total Fat - 67.6 g
- Saturated Fat - 20.7 g
- Cholesterol - 280 mg
- Sodium - 2716.5 mg
- Total Carbohydrate - 57.2 g
- Dietary Fiber - 12.1 g
- Sugars - 30.5 g
- Protein - 89.1 g
- Calcium - 256.1 mg
- Iron - 10.7 mg
- Vitamin C - 18.4 mg
- Thiamin - 0.7 mg
Step by Step Method
Step 1
In saute pan cook bacon and transfer to a bowl, let cool and crumble.
Step 2
In bacon drippings cook mushrooms and onion until tender and for last minute of cooking time add the garlic, transfer to a bowl.
Step 3
Brown ground beef and remove from heat, drain off grease.
Step 4
In a large stock pot add ground beef, diced tomatoes with juices, tomato sauce, tomato paste, beef broth, wine, seasonings, onion powder, shredded carrot, crumbled bacon and bay leaves, stir to combine, bring to a slow boil cover and reduce heat to slow simmer for at least 1 hour stirring occasionally.
Step 5
Remove bay leaves and serve over your favorite pasta.
Tips
No special items needed.