World's Best Spaghetti Sauce

Total Time: 3 hrs 25 mins Preparation Time: 25 mins Cook Time: 3 hrs

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 3 (15 1/2 ounce) cans tomato sauce
• 2 (6 ounce) cans tomato paste
• 1 (1 1/2 ounce) packet spaghetti sauce mix
• 2 cups beef broth
• 1/4 cup chianti wine or 1/4 cup merlot or 1/4 cup cabernet sauvignon wine
• 1 tablespoon worcestershire sauce
• 4 -6 fresh garlic cloves, crushed
• 2 green bell peppers, chopped
• 1 red bell pepper, chopped
• 1/2 lb fresh button mushrooms (halved or quartered)
• 1/2 cup celery, diced
• 1/2 cup carrot, diced
• 1 large vidalia onion, diced
• 1 (6 ounce) can ripe olives, diced
• 1 bunch green onion, sliced
• 1 lb italian sausage (casing removed cut into slices and cooked or 1lb cooked ground beef)
• 4 bay leaves
• 1 tablespoon basil (or to taste)
• 1 tablespoon oregano (or to taste)
• 1 teaspoon sea salt (or to taste)
• 1 teaspoon fresh ground black pepper (or to taste)
• 1/4 tablespoon sugar, adding more if necessary

Recipe

• 1 in large 5-qt saucepan, sauté fresh garlic in olive oil until golden brown.
• 2 add vidalia and green onions, peppers, and spices and continue cooking until peppers are tender and onions are translucent.
• 3 add mushrooms, carrots, and celery and continue to cook for a few minutes more.
• 4 in a separate pan, dissolve spaghetti seasoning packet in the beef broth and bring to a boil over medium heat.
• 5 reduce heat and add the tomato paste, using a whisk stir until smooth.
• 6 add the tomato sauce to the onions, peppers, carrots, celery and mushrooms and stir.
• 7 add the beef broth and tomato paste mixture to the tomato sauce and vegetables along with the red wine, worcestershire sauce and diced ripe olives.
• 8 season to taste with salt and pepper then add the cooked sausage or ground beef.
• 9 add 1/4 tablespoon of sugar, to start. taste and add more if needed.
• 10 cover and continue to cook over a low heat stirring often, let the sauce simmer for 2 1/2 to 3 hours to bring out the full taste.
• 11 this sauce freezes well and will keep for 30 days or more.