This homemade recipe for spaghetti meat sauce is a traditional dish that is hearty and perfect for any kind of pasta. Penne, rigatoni, fusilli, spagettini.
Prep Time: 15 minutesminutes
Cook Time: 1 hourhour15 minutesminutes
Total Time: 1 hourhour30 minutesminutes
Servings: 6people
Ingredients
2poundslean ground beef
1large oniondiced
1sweet pepper(red, orange or yellow), diced
2cupsfresh mushroomssliced
3garlic clovesminced
2 28ozcans of crushed tomatoes(3 cans if you prefer a thinner sauce)
1 5.5ozcan of tomato paste(about 2/3 cup)
1/2cupred wine
1 1/2tbspsugar
1tspsalt
2tbspbasil
1tbsporegano
1tspfennel seeds
Instructions
Brown the ground beef in a large saucepan on medium heat. Use a wooden spoon to break it into small chunks while it is cooking. Continue to do this until it is all cooked through and you no longer see any pink. Drain the grease.
Add the onion, pepper, mushrooms and garlic. Stir regularly and cook for about 5-7 minutes or until the onions and peppers are tender.
Stir in the remaining ingredients. Bring to a low boil and lower heat to a simmer.
Let the sauce simmer for 45-60 minutes. Stir the sauce regularly, scraping the bottom of the saucepan to ensure nothing is sticking or burning.