Name: Meat Sauce (Sucu ri carni)
Yield: Makes 10 cups
Cuisine: Italian
Ingredients: ½ teaspoon crushed fennel seeds; Salt and black pepper to taste; ¾ cup red or white wine; ½ cup grated cheese; 2 (28-ounce) cans pureed tomatoes; 1 tablespoon sugar; 1 egg; 2 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil; ½ pound each ground beef and ground pork, or all beef or all pork; 2 tablespoons chopped Italian flat-leaf parsley; 1 pinch ground cloves; 2 garlic cloves, finely chopped; 1 pinch ground allspice; 1 pinch ground nutmeg

Preparation info

Makes
10 cups

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Sicilian Feasts

By Giovanna Bellia La Marca

Published 2023

About

Use a small amount of this sauce for Arancini. The rest can be frozen.

Ingredients

½ pound each ground beef and ground pork, or all beef or all pork
½ cup grated cheese

Method

Mix the meat, cheese, egg, garlic, parsley, salt, and pepper. Heat the olive oil in a pan, add the meat mixture, and stir to crumble and brown evenly. Add the wine, stir, and cook for 5 minutes. Add the tomato puree, and 1 can of water. Season with the sugar, fennel, and spices to taste. Bring to the boil, then lower the heat to a slow simmer, cover, and cook for 1 hour.