Tasty Meat Sauce For Lasagna

Total Time: 3 hrs 30 mins Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 3 hrs

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 1 lb italian sausage (any variety, casings removed)
• 1/2 lb ground beef
• 2 (28 ounce) cans tomatoes (i used one crushed and one puree)
• 1 (8 ounce) can tomato sauce (i use red pack)
• 1/2 large onion, diced
• 1 large carrot, peeled and diced
• 1 clove garlic, minced
• 1/2 cup beef or 1/2 cup vegetable stock
• 1/3 cup zinfandel wine or 1/3 cup blush wine
• salt and pepper

Recipe

• 1 remove sausage from casings.
• 2 in a large pot, brown sausage and ground beef.
• 3 remove meat from pot and set aside.
• 4 remove excess grease (reserving some to saute veggies) from the pot and add carrot, onion and garlic.
• 5 cook until soft and onion is transparent.
• 6 add meat back into the pot, stirring mixture for about two minutes.
• 7 add wine and cook until liquid evaporates.
• 8 add tomatoes and tomato sauce to meat and veggie mixture.
• 9 bring sauce to quick boil.
• 10 simmer on low for at least 3 hours.
• 11 if sauce beomes too thick for your taste, thin it with the broth.