Quick And Easy Pasta Sauce

Recipe Ingredients

2 tablespoons	30ml	Olive oil
1 tablespoon	15ml	Onion - chopped (abt 2 cups) (large)
3		Garlic - minced
3/4 lb	340g / 11oz	Leanest ground beef
1		Plum tomatoes - (28 oz)
1		Tomato paste - (6 oz)
1 tablespoon	15ml	Dried basil
1/2 teaspoon	2.5ml	Ground pepper
1/2 teaspoon	2.5ml	Granulated sugar
		Salt - to taste

Recipe Instructions

Heat oil in large skillet. Add onion; saute until translucent. Add garlic; saute briefly. Add ground beef. Cook, stirring and breaking the beef into small pieces, until no pinkness remains.

Add tomatoes, crushing with a spoon. Add tomato paste, basil, pepper, sugar and salt, stirring to combine. Simmer, uncovered, for 30 minutes, stirring occasionally. Serve as a dipping sauce for Toasted Ravioli (see recipe) or over hot pasta.

Yield: About 5 cups.

Source:
St. Louis Post-Dispatch - 12-14-1998 - From Fare to Remember

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