Spaghetti Sauce

Name: Spaghetti Sauce
Ingredients: 1 28 ounce can crushed tomatoes; 1 large onion, minced; 2 cloves garlic, smashed and finely chopped; 2 tablespoons olive oil; 4 teaspoons sugar; 2 teaspoons dried basil, crushed; 2 teaspoons dried oregano, crushed; 2 tablespoons dried parsley; 1/2 teaspoon ground thyme; 1/4 teaspoon Tabasco sauce (to taste); 1/2 teaspoon freshly ground cinnamon; 1/4 teaspoon cocoa powder; 1/4 teaspoon ground allspice; 1 pound lean hamburger; 1 8 ounce can tomato paste; 1/2 teaspoon salt; 1/4 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper

Why buy the glass jar sauces when you can make homemade spaghetti sauce? This spaghetti sauce recipe is super easy, fast and tasty. The use of small amounts of redolent spices gives this sauce interesting overtones.

Submitted by: Douglas from Chesapeake, VA
Yield: 6-8 Servings

Ingredients

1 28 ounce can crushed tomatoes
1 large onion, minced
2 cloves garlic, smashed and finely chopped
2 tablespoons olive oil
4 teaspoons sugar
2 teaspoons dried basil, crushed
2 teaspoons dried oregano, crushed
2 tablespoons dried parsley
1/2 teaspoon ground thyme
1/4 teaspoon Tabasco sauce (to taste)
1/2 teaspoon freshly ground cinnamon
1/4 teaspoon cocoa powder
1/4 teaspoon ground allspice
1 pound lean hamburger
1 8 ounce can tomato paste
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/4 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper

Preparation Instructions:

Saute onion and garlic in oil, until onion is translucent.

Meanwhile, saute hamburger (or prepare as meatballs). Then flood with warm water and drain in a colander, to remove fat.

Add tomatoes, tomato paste, and all spices to the onion and garlic. Add the hamburger. Simmer to develop flavor. Serve over pasta noodles of choice.

Douglas McNeill
CAPT, MC, USNR
aboard USS Wasp, at sea

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To make meatballs, which have a wonderfully light texture, work about ½ cup of club soda into the ground meat for each pound just before cooking.

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