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The Best Meat Sauce. EVER.
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The Best Meat Sauce. EVER.

11 ingredients 15 min + 3 hr About 3½ quarts of sauce openrecipes
The Best Meat Sauce. EVER.

My father-in-law's legendary meat sauce recipe

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Estimated Nutrition (whole recipe, rough)

713
Calories
56g
Protein
43g
Fat
18g
Carbs

Counts 10 of 11 ingredients — the other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and contribute nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume — 10 portions →
Ingredient Portion assumed kcal
Beef 100g cooked 250
Pork 100g cooked 242
Olive Oil 1 tbsp (14g) 119
Onion 1 medium (110g) 44
Wine 2 tbsp cooking wine (30ml) 25
Tomato 1 medium (123g) 22
Black Pepper 1 tsp ground (2.3g) 6
Garlic 1 clove (3g) 4
Basil 5 leaves fresh (2.5g) 1
Salt 1 tsp (6g) 0
Veal not in our table 0

Totals for the whole recipe, adding one typical portion per ingredient — listed above. Quantities in the recipe are not counted, so this is a rough guide only — not suitable for medical or dietary planning.

Ingredients

  • ½ cup olive oil
  • 8 ounces ground beef
  • 8 ounces ground pork
  • 8 ounces ground veal
  • 1 large yellow onion, finely chopped
  • 3 cloves garlic, minced
  • 4 tablespoons dried basil
  • Salt and pepper, to taste
  • ½ cup red wine
  • 2 (28-ounce) cans crushed tomatoes
  • 1 (28-ounce) can tomato puree

Directions

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By browneyedbaker · Recipe sourced from openrecipes

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