The Best Meat Sauce

By Ellie

6 Person

195 Minutes

0 Calories

This amazing meat sauce recipe hails from my father-in-law's kitchen and is everyone's favorite. It's thick, hearty, and has phenomenal flavor thanks to a combination of beef, veal, and pork.

Ingredients

1 28-ouncecan tomato puree
2 28-ouncecans crushed tomatoes
½ cup red wine
Salt and pepper(to taste)
4 tbsp. dried basil
3 cloves garlic(minced)
1 large yellow onion(finely chopped)
8 oz. ground veal
8 oz. ground pork
8 oz. ground beef
2 tbsp. olive oil

Method

01

Heat the olive oil in a large pot or dutch oven over medium heat. When it is shimmering, add the ground beef, pork and veal, and cook, breaking it up with a wooden spoon, until the meat is browned.
02

Add the onion and garlic to the meat mixture and saute, stirring occasionally, until the onions are translucent about 7 to 10 minutes. Stir in the dried basil and season with salt and pepper.
03

Stir in the red wine and let simmer for about 1 minute, until mostly evaporated.
04

Reduce the heat to low and add the crushed tomatoes and tomato puree to the pot, stirring to incorporate. Reduce the heat to the lowest simmer possible, and place a lid on the pot slightly ajar. Simmer for 2 to 3 hours, stirring occasionally.

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The Best Meat Sauce

4.5

( By Ellie )

This amazing meat sauce recipe hails from my father-in-law's kitchen and is everyone's favorite. It's thick, hearty, and has phenomenal flavor thanks to a combination of beef, veal, and pork.

01 Information

Grade easy
Serving 6 servings
Prep Time 15 Mins
Cook Time 180 Mins
Total Time 195 Mins

02 Ingredients

1 28-ouncecan tomato puree

2 28-ouncecans crushed tomatoes

½ cup red wine

Salt and pepper(to taste)

4 tbsp. dried basil

3 cloves garlic(minced)

1 large yellow onion(finely chopped)

8 oz. ground veal

8 oz. ground pork

8 oz. ground beef

2 tbsp. olive oil

03 Method

Step 1

Heat the olive oil in a large pot or dutch oven over medium heat. When it is shimmering, add the ground beef, pork and veal, and cook, breaking it up with a wooden spoon, until the meat is browned.

Step 2

Add the onion and garlic to the meat mixture and saute, stirring occasionally, until the onions are translucent about 7 to 10 minutes. Stir in the dried basil and season with salt and pepper.

Step 3

Stir in the red wine and let simmer for about 1 minute, until mostly evaporated.

Step 4

Reduce the heat to low and add the crushed tomatoes and tomato puree to the pot, stirring to incorporate. Reduce the heat to the lowest simmer possible, and place a lid on the pot slightly ajar. Simmer for 2 to 3 hours, stirring occasionally.

04 Author