Italian Spaghetti Sauce With Sausage And Meatballs

• 1 1/2 lbs sweet Italian sausage
• 1 1/2 lbs hot Italian sausage
• 1 tablespoon olive oil
• 2 (29 ounce) cans Contadina tomato sauce
• 2 (29 ounce) cans of contadina tomato puree
• 2 minced garlic cloves
• 3 tablespoons dried basil
• 2 teaspoons dried oregano
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1 (18 ounce) can Contadina tomato paste
• 1 tablespoon beef base
• MEATBALLS
• 3 lbs ground beef
• 1 1/2 cups seasoned dry bread crumbs
• 3/4 cup milk
• 1 1/2 teaspoons Worcestershire sauce
• 2 large eggs

1. Cut the sausage links in half and place them into a 6 quart stock pot.
2. Add the olive oil and garlic, stir to coat; brown on medium heat stirring often to keep them from burning.
3. Add the tomato sauce, puree, basil, oregano and salt to the browned sausage and reduce heat to low; cover and slow simmer.
4. MEATBALLS.
5. Mix ground beef, breadcrumbs, milk, Worcestershire and eggs together in a bowl.
6. Shape meatballs into size of your choice and place into a shallow glass baking pan.
7. Preheat oven to 400u0b0F and bake meatballs from 20-40 minutes depending upon size.
8. Add meatballs to the sauce and let simmer for 3 hours;stir occasionally and skim the fat off the top so the sauce is not greasy when it is done.
9. Add the tomato paste 1 hour before the sauce is done to thicken it up.
10. 1/2 hour after adding the tomato paste test the sauce; if it is too sweet from the paste add the beef base to counteract the sweetness--if not, leave this out and enjoy!

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Taken from www.food.com/recipe/italian-spaghetti-sauce-with-sausage-and-meatballs-108340 (may not work)