Italian Meat Sauce I
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Cooking:
45 min.
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Servings per container:
12
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Ingredients for - Italian Meat Sauce I

1. Olive oil - 4 tablespoons
2. Onion, chopped - 1
3. Garlic, sliced - 6 cloves
4. Seasoned tomato sauce - 3 (15 ounce) cans
5. Diced tomatoes with juice - 3 (14.5 ounce) cans
6. Water - 6 cups
7. Tomato paste - 8 (6 ounce) cans
8. Sweet Italian sausage - 2 pounds
9. Ground sirloin - 2 pounds
10. Chopped fresh parsley, divided - 4 tablespoons
11. Grated Romano cheese - 1 cup
12. Dried oregano - 2 tablespoons
13. Salt and pepper to taste - 2 tablespoons
14. Pork meat, cubed - 1 pound
15. Dry bread crumbs - 1 cup
16. Garlic powder - 3 tablespoons
17. Grated Parmesan cheese - ⅓ cup
18. Eggs - 2

How to cook deliciously - Italian Meat Sauce I

1. Stage

In large pot heat 2 tablespoons olive oil over low heat. Add chopped onion and two-thirds of sliced garlic. Saute 5 minutes. Add tomato sauce, diced tomatoes, water and tomato paste. Simmer.

2. Stage

Meanwhile, in large skillet, heat remaining 2 tablespoons of olive oil over medium heat. Saute remaining garlic 1 to 2 minutes. Add sausage and brown, about three minutes on each side. After browning, cover and reduce heat. Cook for 10 minutes, remove from heat, and cut sausages into halves. Add to tomato mixture.

3. Stage

Cook pork over medium heat in sausage skillet until brown. Add to tomato mixture. Add 3 tablespoons parsley, Romano, oregano, salt and pepper to tomato sauce. Continue to simmer over low heat.

4. Stage

Preheat oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C). Cover a cookie sheet with aluminum foil. In large bowl combine ground sirloin, bread crumbs, garlic powder, remaining parsley, parmesan and eggs. Form 1 inch balls and place on cookie sheet. Cook until golden brown, about 20 minutes. Add meatballs to sauce. Continue to cook sauce for 5 hours. Serve over fusilli or ravioli.