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Mom's Garden Spaghetti

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  • Servings: 6
  • Prep: 20m
  • Cook: 1h
    • The following recipe serves 6 people.

Ingredients

The ingredients are:
  • 1/2 pound ground beef
  • 1/2 pound ground turkey
  • 1 large onion, diced
  • 2 celery ribs, including the leaves, diced fine
  • 1/2 cup green pepper, diced (about 1 small pepper)
  • 1 small carrot, fine grated
  • 1 1/2 cups white button mushrooms, sliced
  • 5 garlic cloves, minced
  • 1 can (15 ounce) tomato puree
  • 1 can (15 ounce) stewed tomatoes
  • 5 ounces tomato paste
  • 1 cup beef broth
  • 1 cup chicken broth
  • 1 1/2 cups red wine
  • 1/2 cup water
  • Olive oil
  • Seasoning
  • 1 teaspoon red wine vinegar
  • 1/2 teaspoon red pepper flakes
  • 2 tablespoons Italian seasoning. Add more if you like after it simmer a while, it will develop as it simmers
  • 1 whole clove
  • 2 bay leaves
  • 2 teaspoons fresh basil, fine chopped
  • Pinch of sugar, more or less depending on how sweet you want it
  • 1 teaspoon or more of fresh cracked pepper
  • 2 teaspoons kosher salt or sea salt, again more or less according to taste
  • Fresh parsley, about 1/3 cup
  • Garnish
  • Parmesan cheese
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: Meat ... In a large pot, saute ALL the vegetables in a little olive oil 3-4 minutes. Then add in the beef and turkey and continue to cook on medium heat until the meat is no longer pink.

  • Step 2: Sauce ... Then, add in the tomato paste scraping up any bits off the bottom of the pan and then the wine and continue to cook a couple of minutes, again scraping any bits off the bottom. Add in the water, broth, tomato puree and stewed tomatoes and mix well. Next, add all the seasonings except the parsley, basil, and red wine vinegar. They are added at the end of cooking. Bring to a light boil and then reduce to a simmer. Simmer at least 1 hour, 2-3 hours is even better. I often make this a day ahead.

  • Step 3: Serve ... Right before serving, add the parsley, basil and red wine vinegar. ENJOY over your favorite pasta; and of course, garnish with parmesan cheese.

We hope you enjoy this recipe!

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