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Meat Sauce Recipe

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Ingredients:  
Ingredients:  
2 small yellow onions, finely diced
2 medium carrots - grated fine
8 ounces portobello mushrooms, diced
5 garlic cloves, minced fine or pressed
1 can beef broth
1 can chicken broth
6 ounces tomato paste
14 ounce can crushed tomatoes
29 ounce can tomato sauce
28 ounce can diced tomatoes
1 tbls fresh basil
1 tbls fresh thyme
salt and pepper to taste
1 pound ground beef (80/20)
1 pound Italian sausage
2 tbls olive oil

Directions:
Directions:
Brown the ground beef and Italian sausage in a stock pot. Drain the fat and set aside

Add the olive oil to the stock pot. Add the onions, garlic, carrots, and mushrooms and saute until the mushrooms start to dry out, and the onions caramelize.

Add the beef broth and allow the liquid to simmer off, scrapping the bottom of the pot to deglaze. Allow the onions to caramelize again, Reduce til the onions and mushrooms are almost dry again.

Add the chicken broth. Reduce the liquid by half, stirring constantly.

Add the tomato paste, meat, basil, thyme, salt, and pepper, stir well and add all tomatoes, bring to a boil, and reduce to a simmer.

Simmer for about an hour and a half, stirring occasionally.

Preparation Time:
Preparation Time:
2 to 2 1/2 hours
Personal Notes:
Personal Notes:
This sauce was developed from, and inspired by several different sources including Mario Batali's Ragu sauce and cooking techniques from Cook's Illustrated French onion soup. My oldest always gives this a solid 10 out of 10 stars.

 

 

 

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