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Mama’s Best Meat Sauce

Mama’s Best Meat Sauce

Nothing says comfort like a warm bowl of pasta topped with rich, satisfying meat sauce and lots of Parmesan cheese. With Italian sausage, ground veal, bacon, and a secret ingredient (pepperoni!?!), Mama’s Best Meat Sauce is all the coziness of a big Italian Sunday supper in a saucepan.

Ingredients

  • 1 lb. Italian sausage (sweet or hot), casings removed
  • 1 lb. ground veal
  • ¼ lb. bacon
  • ¼ lb. pepperoni, diced
  • 1 onion, grated
  • 1 red bell pepper, diced
  • 3 garlic cloves, minced
  • 2 tsp. fresh oregano, minced
  • ½ tsp. red chili flakes
  • ¼ cup red wine
  • ½ cup chopped green olives
  • 1 29 oz. can crushed tomatoes
  • 1 tsp. salt
  • 1 tsp. black pepper
  • ½ cup fresh basil, rough chop
  • ½ cup fresh parsley, rough chop

Instructions

  1. Brown sausage and veal in a large saucepan over medium heat. Remove, keeping drippings in pan.
  2. Brown bacon and pepperoni in same saucepan over medium heat. Remove, keeping drippings in pan.
  3. Add grated onion and bell pepper to drippings and sauté until softened.
  4. Add garlic, oregano, and chili flakes and sauté for two minutes.
  5. Add red wine and cook until wine has almost entirely evaporated (about five minutes).
  6. Add green olives, tomatoes, salt, and black pepper. Simmer on low for fifteen minutes.
  7. Stir in basil and parsley and simmer for two minutes. Serve over pasta and top with Parmesan cheese and more fresh basil and parsley.

 

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