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Home-Made Spaghetti Sauce

Source of Recipe

My own version (revised from a recipe I received from a friend)


List of Ingredients

3/4 lbs. lean ground beef (optional)
2 Tblsp. olive oil
1/2 cup minced onion
4 cloves garlic, crushed, chopped fine
1 28-oz. can crushed tomatoes (or quart size freezer bag of home-grown tomato puree) * (see note below)
1 large can tomato paste
1 cup water
1 Tblsp. sugar
2 tsp. dried basil leaves
1 tsp. dried oregano
1 Tblsp. salt
1/4 tsp. pepper


Recipe

Brown ground beef and drain.

If you would rather do marinara sauce,... omit ground beef.

In a large saucepan, saute onions and garlic in olive oil. Add drained ground beef. Stir in remaining ingredients and let simmer for 1-3 hours.

*NOTE*:

I like to utilize the fresh tomatoes from our garden, so I freeze them for use year round.

To do this, I heat water in a large pot, and bring it to a boil. Carefully drop whole tomatoes in until pot is full. Boil for about 2-3 minutes and remove to a large bowl. Allow to cool until you can touch, and remove skins (they should pop right off). Take the skinless tomatoes and puree in a blender. Freeze in quart size freezer bags.