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Spaghetti With Beef & Tomato Sauce

Here's how you make Spaghetti With Beef & Tomato Sauce
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  • Servings: 5
  • Prep: 1.5h
  • Cook: 1h
    • The following recipe serves 5 people.

Ingredients

The ingredients are:
  • 1/2 pound lean ground beef
  • 2 teaspoons olive oil (or vegetable oil)
  • 1/2 cup minced yellow onion (= about 1 medium onion, minced)
  • 2 cloves garlic, finely minced
  • 1/2 cup diced celery (finely diced, optional)
  • 1/2 cup diced red bell pepper (finely diced, or green sweet peppers, optional)
  • 1 cup sliced mushrooms (finely sliced small mushrooms, optional)
  • 1/2 to 1 cup dry red wine (optional)
  • 1 can (28 ounce) plum tomatoes (with juice)
  • 1 can (6 ounce) tomato paste
  • 1 teaspoon granulated sugar
  • 1 teaspoon oregano (crushed leaf oregano)
  • 1 teaspoon basil
  • 1/4 teaspoon cardamom (optional)
  • Anise seed, pinch of (optional)
  • 1/4 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
  • 1/4 to 1 teaspoon salt
  • Ground cayenne, to taste (several pinches of)
  • 15 ounces pasta (boiled al dente, about 8 minutes in rapidly boiling salted water)
We recommend you get your ingredients ready before you start cooking. Once you're ready, here are the steps to making this delicious recipe

How to Make

  • Step 1: In large deep skillet or broad-based saucepan, lightly brown beef, crumbling it into very small bits.

  • Step 2: Remove meat with a slotted utensil to a plate lined with paper towel. Clean grease from pan.

  • Step 3: Heat oil briefly in the same pan, add onion and garlic and sauté until just translucent, about 2 minutes.

  • Step 4: Add celery, sweet pepper, and mushrooms if desired and sauté, stirring, for another minute.

  • Step 5: Add tomatoes with their liquid, breaking them up.

  • Step 6: Add tomato paste, sugar, and seasonings with reserved meat.

  • Step 7: Bring to a boil over medium heat, then reduce to low and simmer uncovered, stirring occasionally, about 30 minutes - 1 hour. or until sauce reaches desired thickness.

  • Step 8: Serve over hot cooked pasta.

We hope you enjoy this recipe!

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