Slow-Simmered Meat Sauce

Slow-Simmered Meat Sauce

This recipe works best if you make it the night before you want to serve it, the flavors intensify for a nice, rich sauce.
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Servings: 8
Ingredients Method Notes

Ingredients
  

  • 1 Tablespoon olive oil
  • 2 cups chopped onion
  • 1 cup chopped carrot
  • 3 cloves garlic minced
  • 1 pkg. hot Italian Turkey sausage
  • 1 lb. ground sirloin
  • ¼ cup tomato paste
  • 1 ½ teaspoons sugar
  • 1 teaspoon kosher salt
  • ½ teaspoon crushed red pepper
  • 1 28oz. can crushed tomatoes undrained
  • 1 cup tomato sauce
  • 1 Tablespoon chopped fresh oregano
  • 16 oz. large flat noodle pasta cooked according to package directions
  • ½ cup chopped fresh basil
  • 3 oz. grated Parmesan cheese

Method
 

  1. Heat a large skillet over medium high heat.  Add oil to pan;  swirl to coat.              
  2. Add onion and carrot to pan;  sauté 4 minutes, stirring occasionally.
  3. Add garlic;  sauté 1 minute, stirring constantly.
  4. Place vegetable mixture in a slow cooker.
  5. Add sausage (with casings removed) and beef to skillet;  sauté 6 minutes or until browned, stirring to crumble.
  6. Drain beef mixture from skillet and add to slow cooker.
  7. Add in tomato paste, sugar, salt, red pepper, crushed tomatoes and tomato sauce.
  8. Cover and cook on LOW 8 hours.
  9. Stir in oregano.
  10. Cool and refrigerate overnight.  Reheat on the stove and serve over cooked pasta, topped with basil and parmesan.

Notes

Recipe adapted from Cooking Light Magazine.