Italian Spaghetti Sauce

Total Time: 4 hrs 30 mins Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 4 hrs

Ingredients

• Servings: 8
• 4 (6 ounce) cans tomato paste (contadina )
• 9 cups water
• 2 teaspoons oregano
• 1 1/2 teaspoons garlic, minced, from a jar
• 1 1/2 teaspoons basil
• 2 teaspoons salt
• 2 teaspoons pepper
• 1 teaspoon onion, dry minced
• 1 lb kielbasa, cut into chunks
• 1/4 cup wine
• 1 (8 ounce) can mixed mushrooms
• 1/2 cup parmesan cheese (the kind in the green can, fresh doesn' t work well)
• 1 (16 ounce) package spaghetti
• 1 lb ground chuck
• 1/2 cup dry unseasoned breadcrumbs
• 1/4 cup parmesan cheese (the kind in the green can)
• 1 small onion, minced (about 1/2 cup)
• 1 egg
• 1/4 cup spaghetti sauce (from pot)
• 1 -2 tablespoon italian seasoning
• black pepper
• salt

Recipe

• 1 in a larg pot mix tomato paste,water, seasonings together. place on stove and simmer over med.
• 2 simmer over med-high heat til it comes to a slight boil. turn the heat to low and keep it at a very gentle simmer.
• 3 cook and stir frequently. taste to see if you like the spice combination, adding more as necessary.if sauce thickens too much, add a little extra water.
• 4 cook 2 hours, and add kielbasa, and mushrooms to the sauce. cook another 30 minutes.
• 5 prepare meatballs:.
• 6 mix together the onion, egg, ground beef, salt, pepper, seasoning, breadcrumbs,parmesan,and sauce. shape into golf ball.
• 7 size balls, and brown on all sides. when done drop into the sauce.
• 8 prepare spaghetti according to package directions, and it cooks, add wine , and parmesan cheese to sauce and stir gently to mix.cook just a few minutes longer to allow sauce to flavor meatballs.
• 9 when spaghetti is done, remove meatballs, and toss it with the sauce and serve with additional parmesan cheese.