World's Best Pasta Sauce

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This pasta sauce is excellent in lasagna or as a meat sauce. I use it in my popular lasagna recipe, so I thought I'd share it on its own.

⏱️ Recipe Details

• Prep Time: 15 minutes

• Cook Time: 1 hour 40 minutes

• Total Time: 1 hour 55 minutes

• Servings: 16

📝 Ingredients

• 1 pound sweet Italian sausage, sliced

• ¾ pound lean ground beef

• ½ cup minced onion

• 2 cloves garlic, crushed

• 1 (28 ounce) can crushed tomatoes

• 2 (6.5 ounce) cans tomato sauce

• 2 (6 ounce) cans tomato paste

• ½ cup water

• 2 tablespoons white sugar

• 1 ½ teaspoons dried basil

• 1 teaspoon Italian seasoning

• ½ teaspoon fennel seed

• ½ teaspoon salt

• ¼ teaspoon ground black pepper

👩‍🍳 Directions

Step 1

Gather all ingredients.

Step 2

Cook the sausage, ground beef, onion, and garlic in a large pot or Dutch oven over medium heat until browned. Drain off any excess fat.

Step 3

Stir in the crushed tomatoes, tomato sauce, tomato paste, and water until well combined.

Step 4

Mix in the sugar, dried basil, Italian seasoning, fennel seed, salt, and black pepper.

Step 5

Cover the pot and simmer, stirring occasionally, until the sauce is fully cooked and the flavors have blended, about 1½ hours.

Step 6

Serve with your favorite pasta and enjoy!

1. 🥗 Nutrition Facts 

Calories: 157
Total Carbohydrates: 12g
Dietary Fiber: 2g
Total Sugars: 5g
Protein: 10g
Total Fat: 9g
Saturated Fat: 3g
Cholesterol: 24mg
Vitamin C: 11mg
Sodium: 673mg
Calcium: 39mg
Iron: 2mg
Potassium: 554mg