Simple, Elegant, Authentic Meat Sauce

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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.

Simple, Elegant, Authentic Meat Sauce

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.

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Ingredients

1 serving
  1. 400 gramsGround beef or mixed ground meat
  2. 1Onion
  3. 1Carrot
  4. 2 tbspGarlic, minced
  5. 5 tbspOlive oil
  6. 1Cooking sake (as needed)
  7. 1 canCanned diced tomatoes
  8. 2Bay leaf
  9. 1blend of Ketchup and Japanese Worcestershire-style sauce (2:1 ratio)
  10. 1Soup stock cube
  11. 1 dashBlack pepper
  12. 1heaped teaspoon Sugar
  13. 1heaped teaspoon Plain flour
  14. 1 dashSalt

Cooking Instructions

  1. 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. 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. 3

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

  4. 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. 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. 6

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

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