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gravy aka red sauce

(3 ratings)
ansky714 avatar
Recipe by
Lora DiGs
@ansky714
Monroe Township, NJ

HAVE BEEN MAKN THIS GRAVY ALMOST EVERY SUNDAY FOR THE PAST 30 YEARS. MADE WITH MEATBALLS N SOME KIND A PORK.... OVER ANY KIND OF PASTA. THIS IS WAT MY HUSBAND LOOKS FOWARD TO....N IF I HAD SOME RICOTTA HE WOULD TOP OF DISH WITH A PLOP ONTOP :)

(3 ratings)
yield serving(s)
prep time 30 Min
cook time 2 Hr
method Stove Top

Ingredients For gravy aka red sauce

  • 2 can
    tomato puree, 24 oz cans (sometimes i use one can of crushed tomatoes n one puree)
  • 1 can
    tomato paste
  • 1 lg
    onion, chopped
  • 2 Tbsp
    olive oil
  • 5
    fresh basil leaves, slightly torn (i use frozen basil left over from summer if i dont have fresh....or a chunk of frozen pesto that i make from summer harvest)
  • 1 pkg
    sausage, sweet or spicy (5-6 sausages)
  • last hour of cooking i add in my meatballs (chopped turkey...recipe already posted)

How To Make gravy aka red sauce

  • 1
    HEAT OLIVE OIL IN LARGE POT N BROWN SAUSAGE WEN TURNN SAUSAGE TO BROWN ON OTHER SIDE ADD ONION AT THIS POINT N SAUTE TILL ONIONS START TO BROWN.
  • 2
    ADD BOTH CANS OF TOMATO PUREE N PUT 1/4 CUP OF COLD WATER IN EACH CAN N POUR IN POT ALONG WITH PUREE. TOMATO PASTE GOES IN NEXT N STIR TOGETHER. ADD TORN BASIL LEAVES N SALT N PEPPER. BRING TO A BOIL THEN COVER POT N REDUCE TO A SIMMER, STIR EVERY 20 MIN FOR AN HOUR.
  • 3
    DURING LAST HOUR OF COOKN I ADD MY MEATBALLS (ALREADY COOKED OR U CAN ADD MEATBALLS RAW TO COOK IN GRAVY...UR CHOICE) STIR VERY GENTLY TO NOT BREAK MEATBALLS.
  • 4
    COVER N COOK REMAINN HOUR. LAST HALF HOUR OF COOKN PREPARE PASTA.......ENJOY :)
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