Old Fashioned Spaghetti Sauce Recipes

Steps:

• In a large stockpot on low-med heat add your olive oil and saute your onions for about 4 minutes,then add your crushed garlic,cook for 2 minutes longer. Then add your water,and tomato products. Be sure to mix everything very well.Add in your spices,and cheese. cook for 2 1/2 hours covered.Then add in your wine, and cook 30 minutes longer. Sauce will be thin on first day.Also if you use meat it will alter thickness.The second day this turns into a nice thick sauce.

Steps:

• Heat olive oil in a large saucepan over medium-low heat, and cook and stir the onion and garlic until translucent but not browned, 6 to 7 minutes. Stir in the mushrooms and basil, and cook and stir until the basil is wilted and the mushrooms are cooked through and have given up their juices, about 10 minutes.
• Pour in the whole peeled tomatoes, and bring the mixture to a boil, stirring and chopping the tomatoes into pieces with a spoon. Pour in the tomato sauce and stir, crushing any large pieces of tomato left, and bring to a simmer. Let the sauce simmer until slightly thickened and bubbling, stirring occasionally, about 15 minutes.
• Stir the tomato paste into the sauce, and fill the empty tomato paste can with Merlot wine, stirring to dissolve any remaining tomato paste in the can. Pour the Merlot wine into the sauce, and stir well to combine. Bring the sauce back to a simmer, and stir in the salt, pepper, dried oregano, and sugar. Let the sauce simmer until the seasonings are blended and the sauce is heated through, about 3 more minutes.

Steps:

• Coat bottom of stockpot with olive oil.
• Over medium heat, melt butter.
• Add hamburger, sausage, onion, and garlic.
• When onions are soft, add sugar, tomato sauce, sage, allspice, nutmeg, oregano, and wine; mix well and adjust to taste.
• Increase heat to high and bring to a boil.
• Reduce heat to low and simmer uncovered for 4 hours. Stir every 15 to 20 minutes.

Steps:

• Combine ingredients for gravy; set aside.
• In a food processor or blender, whirl bread to make crumbs (you should have 2 cups lightly pressed crumbs).
• In a large bowl, mix together crumbs, ground beef, parmesan cheese, onion, parsley, salt, pepper, garlic, and eggs.
• Form mixture into 1 1/2 inch balls.
• Heat oil in a large frying pan and brown meatballs.
• Drain on paper towels.
• Add meatballs to gravy.
• Add 1/4 cup parmesan cheese to gravy.
• Bring to a boil, reduce heat, and simmer 1 1/2 to 2 hours.
• Serve over cooked spaghetti.