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• Recipe Overview
• Ingredients
• Processes - Utensils
• Instructions

• Cuisine

  European >> Italian >> Italian

• Dietary Style

• Source

  Genius Kitchen(food.com)

| 1. Heat oil in a large heavy saucepan; add onion; sauté over low heat, stirring, until tender and golden, about 5 minutes. | 2. Add the garlic, sauté 1 minute. | 3. Meanwhile, brown the ground beef in a skillet, stirring to crumble meat; drain off fat; add the onion mixture. | 4. OPTIONAL: now is when you would add the mushrooms, vegetables or red wine. | 5. Sauté until tender or until the wine is reduced by half. | 6. Add the tomatoes, tomato sauce and paste, 1 tsp salt, the basil, oregano, pepper and bay leaf. | 7. Heat over medium-low heat to simmering. | 8. Simmer, uncovered, over low heat, stirring occasionally until sauce is thickened and flavourful, about 1 hour 15 minutes. | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------

Estimated Nutritional Profile for Ingredients

Ingredient Name	Quantity	Unit	State	Energy (kcal)	Carbohydrates	Protein (g)	Total Lipid (Fat) (g)
olive oil	2	tablespoons		238.68	0.0	0.0	27.0
onion	1	cup	chopped	64.0	14.944	1.76	0.16
garlic clove	1		minced	4.47	0.9918	0.1908	0.015
beef	1		ground lean	530.4012	0.0	104.5842	12.1947
tomato	1	can	diced	40.2099	8.6898	1.9658	0.4468
tomato sauce	1	can		-	-	-	-
tomato paste	1	can		139.4	32.147	7.343999999999999	0.799
salt				-	-	-	-
basil	1	teaspoon	dried	0.2032	0.0234	0.0278	0.0057
oregano	1/2	teaspoon	dried	1.325	0.3446	0.045	0.0214
black pepper	1/4	teaspoon		1.4432	0.3677	0.0597	0.0187
bay leaf	1			-	-	-	-
mushroom	1 -2	cup	cut	-	-	-	-
carrot	2 1/2	cups	diced	131.2	30.656	2.9760000000000004	0.768
celery	2 1/2	cups	diced	40.4	7.4993	1.7422	0.4292
green pepper	2 1/2	cups	diced	74.5	17.284000000000002	3.2035	0.6332
red wine	3 1/2	cups		-	-	-	-

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