Italian Beef Pasta Sauce (Print Version)
# Ingredients:
→ Meat
01 -
1 pound sausage (spicy, mild, or sweet Italian style)
02 -
1 pound ground beef, lean cut
→ Aromatics
03 -
1 big sweet onion, chopped into small cubes
04 -
5 cloves garlic, finely chopped
→ Seasonings
05 -
2 tablespoons white sugar
06 -
2 teaspoons Italian herb blend, dried
07 -
1 teaspoon sea salt
08 -
1/2 teaspoon ground black pepper
09 -
1/3 cup parsley, freshly chopped
→ Tomato Base
10 -
12 ounces paste made from tomatoes
11 -
1 can (15 ounces) diced tomatoes, fire roasted type
12 -
1 can (28 ounces) tomatoes, crushed variety
→ Liquid
13 -
1/2 cup broth (beef or chicken)
# Instructions:
01 -
Get a big pot hot over medium-high flame, then throw in your Italian sausage and beef. Break everything into tiny bits using your wooden spoon. Toss in your cubed onion and chopped garlic, then keep cooking until all meat turns brown. Get rid of any extra fat.
02 -
Turn down the heat to medium. Stir in your sugar, herbs, salt, pepper, and parsley right into the meat mix. Put in your tomato paste and mix everything really well.
03 -
Now dump in your fire roasted diced tomatoes with all their juice, your crushed tomatoes, and your broth. Mix until everything's combined nicely. Let it bubble up, then turn down the heat to low and let it cook slowly for at least an hour, but three hours makes it taste way better.
04 -
Eat it right away, stick it in the fridge for later, or freeze some portions if you want to keep it longer.
# Notes:
01 -
Adding sugar cuts through the tomatoes' sourness, but you can use less or skip it if you want.
02 -
Want it smoother? Just blend those fire roasted tomatoes before you add them in.
03 -
The longer you let it simmer, the tastier it gets.