Long-time readers know I am not going to rest until I find the perfect spaghetti sauce to make at home! I’ve been trying for years, and I keep collecting recipes hoping each time that I’ve found “the one”. This recipe I found on Taste of Home looks like a contender!
Author Melissa Taylor Higley from Arizona calls it “Stamp-of-Approval Spaghetti Sauce“.
Ingredients
* 2 pounds ground beef
* 3/4 pound bulk Italian sausage
* 4 medium onions, finely chopped
* 8 garlic cloves, minced
* 4 cans (14-1/2 ounces each) diced tomatoes, undrained
* 4 cans (6 ounces each) tomato paste
* 1/2 cup water
* 1/4 cup sugar
* 1/4 cup Worcestershire sauce
* 1 tablespoon canola oil
* 1/4 cup minced fresh parsley
* 2 tablespoons minced fresh basil or 2 teaspoons dried basil
* 1 tablespoon minced fresh oregano or 1 teaspoon dried oregano
* 4 bay leaves
* 1 teaspoon rubbed sage
* 1/2 teaspoon salt
* 1/2 teaspoon dried marjoram
* 1/2 teaspoon pepper
* Hot cooked spaghetti
Directions
* In a Dutch oven, cook the beef, sausage, onions over medium heat until meat is no longer pink. Add garlic; cook 1 minute longer. Drain.
* Transfer to a 5-qt. slow cooker. Stir in the tomatoes, tomato paste, water, sugar, Worcestershire sauce, oil and seasonings. Cover and cook on low for 8 hours. Discard bay leaves. Serve with spaghetti. Yield: 12 servings (3 quarts).
Nutrition facts: 1 cup sauce (calculated without spaghetti) equals 298 calories, 12 g fat (4 g saturated fat), 48 mg cholesterol, 557 mg sodium, 30 g carbohydrate, 7 g fiber, 20 g protein. Diabetic Exchanges: 4 vegetable, 2 lean meat, 2 fat.
After many attempts to make a sauce for spaghetti, I gave up and bought different types of sauce in a jar from the supermarket. What I don’t like is that they have a lot of sugar. I might just give it another try with this recipe :)
Anything made slow simmered in a dutch oven is bound to be good. :)
Wow! This sounds great. I agree about searching for the perfect recipe for spaghetti sauce… we’ve been using a hybrid: doctoring sauce from a jar, but we’ll try this next time.
That looks great! Can’t wait to try it out. Thanks!