Hearty Spaghetti Sauce - BC Dairy

For BC dairy farmers

Health Professionals

School Milk

School or Educator

Equipment

Large Saucepan
Fork
Large bowl

Ingredients

2 tbsp (30 mL) butter
2 stalks celery, diced
2 carrots, diced
1 onion, diced
3 cloves garlic, minced
1/2 tsp (2 mL) salt
1 lb (500 g) Italian sausages, mild, hot or a combination
1 lb (500 g) lean ground beef
1 cup (250 mL) milk
2 (28 oz/796 mL each) cans plum tomatoes
1/4 cup (60 mL) chopped fresh parsley
1/2 tsp (2 mL) dried hot red chili flakes (optional)

Directions

Melt butter in a large saucepan over medium heat. Add celery, carrots, onion, garlic, and salt; cook stirring occasionally until tender, about 5 min.
Remove sausages from casings and add to pan along with ground beef. Use a fork to break up meat; stir continously over medium heat until no longer pink, about 5 min. Add milk.
Gently boil, uncovered, stiring occasionally for 5 min.
Add tomatoes, mashing with a potato masher to break them up. Add parsley and chili flakes, if using mild sausage.
Simmer, uncovered, stirring occasionally 30 min or until thickness desired.

Cooking Tip: When cooking pasta, use a big pot, salt water generously and don’t add oil to the water.