World's Best Pasta Sauce!

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.


Sauces and Condiments · Sauces · Pasta Sauces · Meat Sauce


Prep Time: 15 mins
Cook Time: 1 hrs 40 mins
Servings: 16
Total Time: 1 hrs 55 mins

Ingredients

Ingredients List

  • 1 pound sweet Italian sausage, sliced

  • ¾ pound lean ground beef

  • ½ cup minced onion

  • 2 cloves garlic, crushed

  • 1 (28 ounce) can crushed tomatoes

  • 2 (6.5 ounce) cans tomato sauce

  • 2 (6 ounce) cans tomato paste

  • ½ cup water

  • 2 tablespoons white sugar

  • 1 ½ teaspoons dried basil

  • 1 teaspoon Italian seasoning

  • ½ teaspoon fennel seed

  • ½ teaspoon salt

  • ¼ teaspoon ground black pepper


Directions

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

  2. Stir in crushed tomatoes, tomato sauce, tomato paste, and water. Mix in sugar, basil, Italian seasoning, fennel seed, salt, and pepper.

  3. Cover and simmer, stirring occasionally, until cooked through, about 1 1/2 hours.


Nutrition Facts (per serving)

Nutrition Facts
157 Calories
9g Fat
12g Carbs
10g Protein


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