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• Recipe Overview
• Ingredients
• Processes - Utensils
• Instructions

• Cuisine

  European >> Italian >> Italian

• Dietary Style

• Source

  Genius Kitchen(food.com)

| 1. In a large frying pan, heat olive oil; add garlic, onions and saute' until onions are transparent, about 5 minutes, stirring frequently. | 2. Add diced sweet red pepper, diced green pepper and saute' for an additional 1 minute. | 3. Transfer mixture to a large heavy bottom cooking pot. | 4. Add diced carrots, canned mushrooms (including liquid), tomatoes (including liquid), tomato paste, oregano, dried basil, fresh basil, spicy Italian seasoning, bay leaves, celery, sugar, salt and black pepper Bring sauce to boil; reduce heat and simmer, partially covered for 40 minutes, stirring occasionally. | 5. Sauce should be smooth when cooked. | 6. Adjust seasonings to taste. | 7. Remove bay leaves and discard. | 8. Serve sauce over pasta or pasta with saute'ed fresh vegetables, chicken or veal. | 9. This sauce may be canned while it is hot. | 10. Follow canning instructions carefully. | 11. It also freezes well in plastic containers. | 12. If you desire a meat sauce, add 1 1/2 pounds of extra lean ground round; firstly fry ground round for about 5 minutes, discard any fat and add to sauce just after the tomatoes. | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------

Estimated Nutritional Profile for Ingredients

Ingredient Name	Quantity	Unit	State	Energy (kcal)	Carbohydrates	Protein (g)	Total Lipid (Fat) (g)
extra virgin olive oil	3	tablespoons		-	-	-	-
garlic	6	cloves	minced	26.82	5.9508	1.1448	0.09
onion	1		chopped	60.0	14.01	1.65	0.15
red pepper	1		seeded diced sweet	-	-	-	-
green pepper	1		seeded diced	32.8	7.6096	1.4104	0.2788
carrot	3		peeled diced	75.03	17.5314	1.7019	0.4392
mushroom	10	ounces	canned	96.3883	19.2493	6.3503	1.3891
plum tomato	28	fluid	canned	-	-	-	-
tomato paste	6	fluid		-	-	-	-
oregano	1	tablespoon	dried	7.95	2.0676	0.27	0.1284
basil	1	tablespoon	dried	0.6095	0.0702	0.0835	0.017
basil	4	tablespoons	chopped	0.6095	0.0702	0.0835	0.017
spicy italian seasoning	1	tablespoon		-	-	-	-
bay leaf	3			-	-	-	-
celery rib	3		chopped	-	-	-	-
sugar	2	teaspoons	granulated	13.325	2.5003	0.4171	0.20800000000000002
salt	1	teaspoon		-	-	-	-
black pepper	1/2	teaspoon	ground	2.8865	0.7354	0.1195	0.0375

- Means that suitable USDA nutrition profile could not be mapped for this ingredient-unit combination.