Simple, Elegant, Authentic Meat Sauce

Name: Simple, Elegant, Authentic Meat Sauce
Yield: 1 serving
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 400 grams Ground beef or mixed ground meat; 1 Onion; 1 Carrot; 2 tbsp Garlic, minced; 5 tbsp Olive oil; 1 Cooking sake (as needed); 1 can Canned diced tomatoes; 2 Bay leaf; 1 blend of Ketchup and Japanese Worcestershire-style sauce (2:1 ratio); 1 Soup stock cube; 1 dash Black pepper; 1 heaped teaspoon Sugar; 1 heaped teaspoon Plain flour; 1 dash Salt

cookpad.japan @cookpad_jp

I asked for input from my husband and finally came up with something good. I wrote this down from memory.
I always make a lot and freeze it.
About 6-7 ladles' worth!

-In Step 1, if you have the time cook the vegetables slowly.
-Use whatever amounts of ketchup and Worcestershire-style sauce you like. I always just make visual estimates, so I just wrote down generally what I remembered.
-Use flour to give it a thickness. Adjust as necessary depending on the amount of moisture. Recipe by Manamaron. Yields enough to fill one small saucepan.

I asked for input from my husband and finally came up with something good. I wrote this down from memory.
I always make a lot and freeze it.
About 6-7 ladles' worth!

cookpad.japan @cookpad_jp

I asked for input from my husband and finally came up with something good. I wrote this down from memory.
I always make a lot and freeze it.
About 6-7 ladles' worth!

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Ingredients

1 serving

400 gramsGround beef or mixed ground meat
1Onion
1Carrot
2 tbspGarlic, minced
5 tbspOlive oil
1Cooking sake (as needed)
1 canCanned diced tomatoes
2Bay leaf
1blend of Ketchup and Japanese Worcestershire-style sauce (2:1 ratio)
1Soup stock cube
1 dashBlack pepper
1heaped teaspoon Sugar
1heaped teaspoon Plain flour
1 dashSalt

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Steps

1

Add the olive oil and garlic to a pot and cook on low heat. Once the garlic becomes aromatic add the minced onion and carrot and cook.
2

Once the onions become transparent add the ground meat and cooking sake. Once the meat changes color sprinkle in the flour evenly, mixing quickly to avoid clumping.
3

Add the canned tomatoes, bay leaf, and soup stock and simmer.
4

Add the ketchup and Worcestershire-style sauce while checking the taste. (I add about 10 squirts of ketchup and 5 of the Worcestershire-style sauce.)
5

Once you've got the flavor you want adjust with black pepper, salt, and sugar, and simmer for 10 minutes. Remove the bay leaf.
6

If you're going to freeze it, freeze it as-is. Add powdered cheese right before serving for a rich flavor.