World's Best Pasta Sauce!

This pasta sauce is easy to make and great in lasagna or on your favorite pasta. It's thick, hearty, and made with Italian sausage and ground beef.

• Preparation Time: 15 mins
• Cooking Time: 1 hr 40 mins
• Total Time: 1 hr 55 mins
• Calories: 157 Calories

Ingredients

• ½ teaspoon salt
• 2 tablespoons white sugar
• ½ cup water
• ½ cup minced onion
• ¼ teaspoon ground black pepper
• 1 teaspoon Italian seasoning
• 1 (28 ounce) can crushed tomatoes
• 2 cloves garlic, crushed
• ¾ pound lean ground beef
• 2 (6 ounce) cans tomato paste
• 1 ½ teaspoons dried basil
• ½ teaspoon fennel seed
• 2 (6.5 ounce) cans tomato sauce
• 1 pound sweet Italian sausage, sliced

Recipe Instructions

Step 1

Cook sausage, beef, onion, and garlic in a large pot or Dutch oven over medium heat until browned; drain fat.

Step 2

Stir in crushed tomatoes, tomato sauce, tomato paste, and water. Mix in sugar, basil, Italian seasoning, fennel seed, salt, and pepper.

Step 3

Cover and simmer, stirring occasionally, until cooked through, about 1 1/2 hours.