Spaghetti Sauce

Total Time: 2 hrs Cook Time: 2 hrs

Ingredients

• Servings: 6
• 1 lb ground beef
• 1 1/2 cups chopped onions
• 1 clove garlic, peeled and crushed
• 1 teaspoon crumbled leaf oregano
• 1/2 teaspoon crumbled dried leaf basil
• 1 crumbled bay leaf
• 4 teaspoons chili powder
• 1/4 teaspoon crushed dried red chili pepper
• 1 (6 ounce) can tomato paste
• 1 (28 ounce) can tomatoes, undrained
• 1 cup water
• 3/4 teaspoon salt
• 1/4 cup fresh parsley, minced
• 1 -2 teaspoon sugar (if needed to mellow the tartness of the tomatoes)
• 1 lb thin cooked spaghetti
• grated romano cheese or parmesan cheese, to top spaghetti

Recipe

• 1 brown ground beef over medium heat.
• 2 add next 7 ingredients.
• 3 cook for 5 more minutes or until onions are limp.
• 4 lower heat and add tomato paste, tomatoes, water and salt.
• 5 simmer, uncovered, stirring occasionallly for 1 1/4 hours or until sauce is very thick.
• 6 mix in parsley and simmer for another 10 minutes.
• 7 taste to see if sauce is to tart.
• 8 if so add the sugar.
• 9 serve sauce on top of spaghetti and top with grated cheese.