Ingredients: |
Ingredients: 1 6-pound 11-ounce can of tomato puree* + 1 can water
2 28-ounce cans tomato puree + 2 cans water (This is in addition to the 6-pound 11-ounce can of tomato puree. I checked!!)
2 18-ounce tomato paste + 2 cans water
1 pound ground round
1 pound ground pork
1 large onion, peeled (cut in half if desired)
1 whole head of garlic, separated into peeled cloves
¼ cup olive oil ·
3-4 whole bay leaves
2-3 stems of fresh sweet basil (about 2 cups of leaves)
1 cup of sugar
salt to taste
pepper to taste
12 links Italian sausage, cut in half (to divide squeeze center of link and twist, cut after twisted)
double recipe of Grandma Mazzola's Meatballs which follows (40 meatballs)
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Directions: |
Directions:Set stove to medium-high. In a 16-quart saucepan put oil, all the peeled garlic cloves and the whole onion in pan and brown. Add ground round and pork and brown. Cut into tiny pieces while browning. Tum stove down to medium. Add to saucepan tomato puree, paste, and water. Stir well until all paste is dissolved. Add bay leaves, basil, sugar, salt, and pepper, and bring sauce to a boil. Stir occasionally. Turn stove to low. Add browned sausages and meatballs (brown under broiler, turn sausages once, meatballs don't need to be turned). Simmer sauce on low for a minimum of 2 to 3 hours.
Before serving remove the bay leaf, sweet basil, onion and garlic. After it has cooled you can divide the sauce into desired serving sizes and freeze.
NOTE: Sauce thickness depends on thickness of puree used and the amount of water. Alter amount of water to obtain desired thickness. Add extra can of tomato paste if sauce becomes too watery.
Recipe can be cut in half and made in an 8-quart sauce pan. Serves 40.
*You can use canned whole tomatoes run through a blender instead of some or all of this tomato puree. If you do, then use less water. You can use fresh tomatoes is you wish. If you do, then peel and cook tomatoes, run them through a blender, and adjust amount of water to make the sauce as thick or thin as you want it.
Looks like a good sauce. Make it and compare it to Mom's sauce. If it is better than Moms don't tell me. There is something sacred about the sauce you grew up with. |
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