Quick Homemade meat sauce (spaghetti sauce)(Italian gravy)

Name: Quick Homemade meat sauce (spaghetti sauce)(Italian gravy)
Total time: 1800 s
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 1 can tomato paste or puree; 5 tbsp olive oil; 1/2 lb ground beef or sausage; 1 1/2 tbsp basil; 1 1/2 tbsp oregano; 1 tbsp garlic powder; 1 pinch red pepper flakes; 1/4 cup parmesan cheese (grated)

janice.willis @cook_3403242

Webster (town), New York

I married an Italian jersey boy so I had to learn to make an acceptable gravy for dinner.

janice.willis @cook_3403242

Webster (town), New York

I married an Italian jersey boy so I had to learn to make an acceptable gravy for dinner.

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Ingredients

30 mins

4 servings

1 cantomato paste or puree
5 tbspolive oil
1/2 lbground beef or sausage
1 1/2 tbspbasil
1 1/2 tbsporegano
1 tbspgarlic powder
1 pinchred pepper flakes
1/4 cupparmesan cheese (grated)

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Steps

30 mins

1

Brown the meat and make certain it is chopped up into small bits
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Add the oil tomato and meat
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Add the spices
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Add the cheese
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I usually make this to taste rather than actual measurements ...above are my guesstimates to what I usually add.
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You can add and/or subtract the spices to your liking. A good option is adding minced onions and Romano cheese. You can also make this a vegetarian dish by leaving out the meat. Or you can make meatballs and add them to this just before serving... I prefer the meat added in beforehand because it gives the sauce more flavour.
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If using fresh garlic I suggest one or 2 slivers depending on how garlicy you want it.
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The longer the sauce simmers the better it gets. If you have literally all day use 5-10 fresh tomatoes and mash them well and drain the water as best you can and use the recipe above. It will take a few hours to make the sauce as desired. Paste will reduce the time to about 20 mins total and will produce a very thick sauce. puree will take about 30-45 minutes and the sauce will be less thick than the paste but will make a nice thick sauce.
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Please read the description on the photos as well as they give more info about the recipe :)