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• Recipe Overview
• Ingredients
• Processes - Utensils
• Instructions

• Cuisine

  European >> Italian >> Italian

• Dietary Style

• Source

  Genius Kitchen(food.com)

| 1. Saute the onion and garlic in olive oil until soft and sorta translucent. | 2. Add the ground meat and/or sausage links, cook until lightly browned. | 3. Drain off as much grease as possible. | 4. Deglaze the pot with red wine. | 5. Add garlic salt. | 6. Add entire can of tomato paste and fill the can with water and add that. | 7. Add the dried spices. | 8. Cook all of that until the consistency of a roux; a good thick base. | 9. Add the cans of tomato sauce and/or crushed tomatoes and fill one of those cans about ¾ to full with water and add that. | 10. Stir until hot (tiny bubbles or hot to touch/taste). | 11. Add sugar and mushrooms (both of them to mellow the tomatoes). | 12. Add meatballs if you have them (they can be uncooked). | 13. Add the parmesan cheese. | 14. Add more wine if you desire. | 15. Bring everything to a little bubble. | 16. Cover and simmer on low for 1 hour. Drink that extra wine. | 17. Remove lid & simmer for 2 additional hours. | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------

Estimated Nutritional Profile for Ingredients

Ingredient Name	Quantity	Unit	State	Energy (kcal)	Carbohydrates	Protein (g)	Total Lipid (Fat) (g)
tomato sauce	2	cans	crushed	-	-	-	-
tomato paste	6	ounces		139.4795	32.1653	7.3482	0.7995
beef	3/4	lb	ground	673.5855	0.0	66.0658	43.3068
italian sausage	1/2			784.7157	1.4742	32.3185	71.0553
garlic salt				0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
italian seasoning	1	tablespoon		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
oregano	1	tablespoon	dried	7.95	2.0676	0.27	0.1284
basil	1	tablespoon	dried	0.6095	0.0702	0.0835	0.017
red wine	1/4	cup		-	-	-	-
sugar	2	tablespoons	granulated	39.975	7.501	1.2512	0.624
button mushroom	4 -8	ounces	chopped	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
parmesan cheese	1/4 - 1/2	cup		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
onion	1/2			22.0	5.1370000000000005	0.605	0.055
garlic clove	3 -4		minced	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
olive oil	1 -2	tablespoon		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0

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