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gradma's spaghetti sauce

(1 rating)
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Recipe by
Phil Galanti
@pb1316
Atlanta, GA

This is exactly as my grandmother made it every Sunday

(1 rating)
prep time 30 Min
cook time 3 Hr 30 Min
method Stove Top

Ingredients For gradma's spaghetti sauce

  • 28 oz
    crushed tomato
  • 18 oz
    tomato paste
  • 2 1/2 qt
    water
  • 1 lb
    ground beef
  • 2
    pork spare ribs or neck bones
  • 1
    green bell pepper chopped
  • 1
    onion chopped
  • 3
    cloves garlic chopped
  • 1 tsp
    ground thyme
  • 1 Tbsp
    dried weet basil crushed by hand
  • 2 Tbsp
    olive oil
  • 1/2 tsp
    crushed red pepper flakes
  • 1/4 c
    parmesan cheese
  • salt and pepper
  • 2 Tbsp
    olive oil, extra virgin

How To Make gradma's spaghetti sauce

  • 1
    Heat a 5/12 quart or larger dutch oven over medium high heat add 2 table spoons of oil to the pan and then add ground beef. Brown ground beef. Drain fat and return to the pan. Add onions, peppers and garlic and cook for 2-3 minutes. Add all the tomatoes and pork
  • 2
    Fill the 28 ounce can with water and add, then fill each of the tomato paste cans 3 times(54 oz) and add to the pan.
  • 3
    Add the thyme, sweet basil, black pepper, 1/2 teaspoon of salt and 1/2 teaspoon of crushed red pepper. Bring to a boil reduce heat to low and simmer for 3 hours.
  • 4
    Turn heat off and add the cheese and 2 tablespoons of extra virgin olive oil stir to combine. If you have fresh sweet basil tear 5-6 leaves and add to sauce, stir to combine. Remove the pork neck bones and remove the meat. Discard bones and return meat to sauce. Check for salt and pepper. This sauce is actually better cooked the day before serving and it freezes well to.
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