Tomato Sauce with Ground Meat

Ingredients

• i cup olive oil
• 1 meduim size onion
• 7 cups tomato juice
• 1 tablespoon salt
• 2 bay leaves
• 1 6-ounce can tomato paste

Method

1. 1

   Brown meat in olive oil into which onion has been cooked until lightly browned.

2. 2

   Add slowly tomato juice, salt and bay leaves.

3. 3

   Cover sauce pan and simmer over very low heat, about 2.5 hours.

4. 4

   Add tomato paste.

5. 5

   Simmer uncovered over very low heat, stirring occasionally, about two hours, or until thickened.

6. 6

   If sauce becomes too thick, add another cup of tomato juice.

7. 7

   Remove bay leaves and serve over cooked spaghetti.

Nutrition per serving

As published

This recipe was extracted from Waldensian cookery (1957), page 5. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

TOMATO SAUCE WITH GROUND MEAT (Salsa di Romodoro e Carne Macinata) i cup olive oil 1 meduim size onion 7 cups tomato juice 1 tablespoon salt 2 bay leaves 1 6-ounce can tomato paste

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