World's Best Pasta Sauce!
Medium Italian Condiment

World's Best Pasta Sauce!

Total Time
1h 19m
22m prep · 57m cook
Servings
4 people
Rating
Difficulty
Medium
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This pasta sauce is excellent in lasagna or as a meat sauce. I use it in my popular lasagna recipe, so I thought I'd share it on its own.

Ingredients

  • 1 pound sweet Italian sausage , sliced
  • 0.75 pounds lean ground beef
  • 0.5 cups minced onion
  • 2 cloves garlic , crushed
  • 1 can crushed tomatoes , 28 ounce
  • 2 cans tomato sauce , 6.5 ounce
  • 2 cans tomato paste , 6 ounce
  • 0.5 cups water
  • 2 tablespoons white sugar
  • 1.5 teaspoons dried basil
  • 1 teaspoon Italian seasoning
  • 0.5 teaspoons fennel seed
  • 0.5 teaspoons salt
  • 0.25 teaspoons ground black pepper

Instructions

  1. 1

    Gather all ingredients.

  2. 2

    Cook sausage, beef, onion, and garlic in a large pot or Dutch oven over medium heat until browned; drain fat.

  3. 3

    Stir in crushed tomatoes, tomato sauce, tomato paste, and water.

  4. 4

    Mix in sugar, basil, Italian seasoning, fennel seed, salt, and pepper.

  5. 5

    Cover and simmer, stirring occasionally, until cooked through, about 1 ½ hours.

  6. 6

    Serve with your favorite pasta and enjoy!

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