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

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

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