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Spaghetti Sauce with Meatballs and Italian Sausage
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Meatballs and sausage team up in this meat-lover's pasta. It's not all about the meat, though! Port wine and basil give the sauce an incredibly deep flavor. And, you can make the sauce in a slow cooker.
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ready in:
over 5 hrs
over 5 hrs
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ingredients
Spaghetti Sauce
6 cans (14.5 ounce size) tomatoes
3 cans (14.5 ounce size) tomato sauce
1 can (8 ounce size) tomato paste
1 clove garlic, chopped into small pieces
3 tablespoons fresh chopped basil
3 tablespoons fresh chopped oregano
4 ounces Parmesan cheese
1 cup port wine
2 tablespoons sugar
salt and pepper, to taste
1/2 pound Italian sausage links, cut in chunks
Meatballs
3 pounds meatloaf mix (combination ground beef and sausage)
3 eggs
2 cups Italian bread crumbs
1 cup Parmesan cheese
directions
For the spaghetti sauce: Puree the tomatoes in a blender until emulsified. Place in the crock pot.
Add the tomato sauce, tomato paste, garlic, basil, oregano, Parmesan, wine, sugar, and sausage to the crock pot. Add salt and pepper if needed.
For the meatballs: Combine the meat, eggs, bread crumbs and cheese. Mix well. Form the mixture into 3/4-inch meatballs and add to the crock pot.
Cover the crock pot and cook on low for 4-6 hours.
Remove the sauce and meats to a covered container and place in the fridge overnight.
The next day, remove any grease from the top of the sauce. Place the sauce and meat back in the crock pot and heat on low temperature for 1-2 hours or until heated through. Serve hot over your favorite pasta and top with additional Parmesan cheese and fresh basil if desired.
crock pot notes
Crock pots/slow cookers all heat differently. There is no standard among manufacturers. Cooking times are suggested guidelines based on our testing. Please adjust cooking times and temps to work with your brand and model of slow cooker.nutrition data
778 calories, 45 grams fat, 49 grams carbohydrates, 41 grams protein per serving.
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reviews & comments
July 14, 2013
I made the meatballs and browned them before adding to the sauce. I also used some merlot wine not port because I didn't want to buy port just for this. The sauce and meatballs were amazing! I loved this recipe!!