Authentic Italian Spaghetti Sauce

8 Servings
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"This sauce came from a good friend's Italian Mother-in-law. It is easy, and by far the best homemade sauce I know of. Great for both Spaghetti and Lasagna. Pssst...the secret is the sugar!"

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Authentic Italian Spaghetti Sauce Ingredients

1 (28 ounce) can stewed tomatoes	2 tablespoons white sugar
1 (28 ounce) can crushed tomatoes	1 tablespoon dried basil
1 pound lean ground beef	1/2 teaspoon dried oregano
2 yellow onions chopped	1/4 cup fresh parsley
2 green bell peppers chopped	2 Bay leaves
5 cloves garlic chopped	salt and pepper to taste

Instructions for Authentic Italian Spaghetti Sauce

Blend the stewed tomatoes and crushed tomatoes in a blender. In a stock pot or large kettle, brown the ground beef with the onions, peppers, garlic. Pour in tomatoes, and reduce heat. Add sugar, basil, bay leaves and oregano, and simmer about 40 minutes.

Remove bay leaves and season with salt and pepper before serving.

Main Ingredient: TomatoesCuisine: Italian

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Basil

Bay Leaves

Bell Pepper

Garlic

Ground Beef

Onion

Oregano

Parsley

Salt

Sugar

Tomato

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This was an unbelievable recipe. Very easy to make and quite tasty. Added a few sprinkles of chili peppers which finished it off perfect. I would highly recommend this dish.

lennysellsmany
on Jan 31 2008 4:56PM

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This is quite a large recipe. I had to blend the tomatoes two seperate times then combine them. I browned the meat first then added the vegetables and I added about 1/4 cup of a cabernet wine, which I really like how it adds flavor to the vegetables and the rest of the mix. This was a great recipe. My family loved it!

matt_sawyers
on May 13 2007 1:50AM

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[I made edits to this recipe.]

admin
on Jun 18 2006 12:02AM

I found this recipe on the internet a long time ago, but the originator of the recipe is unknown. It is presented here with his own comments. This is better than any spaghetti sauce I have EVER tried! [I posted this recipe.]

roketJsquerl
on Jun 17 2006 1:37PM