Family Meat Sauce

• 1 teaspoon olive oil, extra-virgin
• 1 cup garlic Minced
• 1 1/2 pound ground beef, extra lean
• 84 ounces italian plum (roma) tomatoes Peeled and crushed
• 18 ounces tomato paste about 3 cans
• 1 cup red wine Chianti
• 2 each rosemary sprigs stems removed before serving
• 4 tablespoons oregano fresh
• 8 each basil leaves, fresh
• 2 each bay leaves
• 2 teaspoons kosher salt
• 1 1/2 pound italian sausage

1. Using a little olive oil and garlic in a 8 quart pot, cook beef until it is no longer pink.
2. Drain off oil.
3. Add tomatoes, tomato paste to beef and stir.
4. Stir in wine, rosemary, oregano, basil, bay leaves, and salt to pot and begin to simmer on the lowest possible flame.
5. Cook sausage in a covered frying pan with 1 inch of water until medium well, drain water and add to sauce.
6. Simmer for 3 hours, stirring every 10 to 15 minutes.

olive oil, garlic, ground beef, italian plum, tomato, red wine chianti, rosemary sprigs stems, oregano fresh, basil, bay leaves, kosher salt, italian sausage

Taken from recipeland.com/recipe/v/family-meat-sauce-54672 (may not work)