This is my “chunky” red sauce recipe.\u00a0 It has chunks of carrots, celery and onion in it.\u00a0\u00a0 I serve it over homemade pasta but we’ve also had it with rice and with just steamed veggies like zucchini and spinach. \u00a0I updated this receipe on 9\/16\/14 to reflect the way I make it now. \u00a0Basically I have added tomato sauce to make it less thick and stretch it a little.<\/p>\n
Ingredients
\n(makes enough to serve 4-8)<\/p>\n
1 14.5 oz can of diced tomatoes (or 6-8 fresh ripe tomatoes, peeled and diced)
\n1 6 oz can of tomato paste
\n1 15\u00a0oz can of tomato sauce
\n1 tsp\u00a0Oregano
\n1 tsp sea salt
\n1\/2 tsp pepper
\n1.5 tbs sugar
\n2 medium garlic cloves, minced
\n1 medium onion, fine diced
\n1 large carrot, peeled and fine diced
\n1 large celery rib, fine diced
\n1\/4 cup sweet marsala wine
\n1 tbs olive oil
\n1\/2 lb lean ground beef<\/p>\n
In a large saut\u00e9 pan over medium heat, saute the onions, carrots and celery in the olive oil until softened, about 8-10 minutes.\u00a0 Add in the seasoning blend and garlic and saut\u00e9 another minute or so.\u00a0 Stir in the marsala to deglaze the pan, then add the tomatoes, tomato sauce, tomato paste, salt, pepper and sugar, stiring well to combine.\u00a0 Bring back to a simmer and stir in the ground beef, breaking it into small pieces.\u00a0 Simmer on low for another 30-40 minutes.<\/p>\n
You can serve this immediately over fresh pasta, rice or vegetables, but it’s even better of you make this a day ahead and serve it the next day.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
This is my “chunky” red sauce recipe.\u00a0 It has chunks of carrots, celery and onion in it.\u00a0\u00a0 I serve it over homemade pasta but we’ve also had it with rice and with just steamed veggies like zucchini and spinach. \u00a0I updated this receipe on 9\/16\/14 to reflect the way I make it now. \u00a0Basically I […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[142,143],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/markiscooking.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/80"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/markiscooking.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/markiscooking.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/markiscooking.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/markiscooking.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=80"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"http:\/\/markiscooking.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/80\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":121,"href":"http:\/\/markiscooking.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/80\/revisions\/121"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/markiscooking.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=80"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/markiscooking.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=80"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/markiscooking.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=80"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}