Slow-Cooked Italian Meat Sauce – Brod & Taylor Canada

Ingredients

• Italian sausage, sweet or spicy 0.5 lb 225
• Beef, lean and ground 1 lb 450
• Olive oil 3 T 45
• Onion, chopped 1 C 142
• Garlic cloves, minced 4 cloves 20
• Green pepper, chopped* ½ C 70
• Basil 2 tsp 2
• Oregano 1½ tsp 1
• Bay leaves 2 leaves 1
• Salt 2 tsp 12
• Tomato puree 1 29 oz can 820
• Tomato paste 1 6 oz can 170
• Red wine 2 T 30
• Tomatoes, fresh & chopped 1 C 200
• Black pepper ¼ tsp 0.7
• Parsley, fresh & chopped ½ C 15
• Mushrooms, coarsely chopped, *optional ½ C 39
• Parmesan cheese, grated ½ C 50