Hearty Tomato Meat Sauce

Name: Hearty Tomato Meat Sauce
Yield: 4 quarts; enough for 4 pounds pasta
Ingredients: Pinch of sugar; Pinch of dried red pepper flakes; grated zest of 2 lemons; 1 tablespoon dried oregano; 1 cup Chopped fresh Italian (flat-leaf) parsley; Salt, to taste; 1½ teaspoons freshly ground black pepper; 3 cans (35 ounces each) Italian plum tomatoes, with their juice; 5 large cloves garlic, minced; ½ cup dry red wine; ¾ cup tomato paste; 1 pound pork spareribs, cut into 2 inch lengths; 8 ounces ground beef; 8 ounces ground pork; 1½ cups diced onions; 4 tablespoons olive oil; 6 sweet Italian sausages, cut in half; 4 hot Italian sausages, cut in half

Preparation info

4 quarts
enough for 4 pounds pasta

Difficulty
Medium

Appears in

The New Basics Cookbook

By Sheila Lukins and Julee Rosso

Published 1989

About

This rich meat sauce is heartily flavored by the pork and spareribs. They are what gives it the guts. Serve it over an equally hearty pasta, such as rigatoni.

Ingredients

4 tablespoons olive oil
6 sweet Italian sausages, cut in half
4 hot Italian sausages, cut in ha

Sauce

Method

Heat 2 tablespoons of the oil in a large skillet. Brown the sausages and spareribs in small batches, about 10 minutes each batch. Transfer them to a large heavy casserole, and set aside.
Drain all but 3