*  Exported from  MasterCook  *

                           Spaghetti Meat Sauce

Recipe By     : Rival's Crock-Pot Slow Cooker Cuisine; 1995
Serving Size  : 1    Preparation Time :0:00
Categories    : Sauces

  Amount  Measure       Ingredient -- Preparation Method
--------  ------------  --------------------------------
     1/2  lb            Sweet or hot Italian link
                        - sausage
   1      lb            Ground chuck
   1      lb            Round steak or stewing beef --
                        - cut in 1" cubes
   2      md            Onions -- chopped
   1      lg            Green pepper -- seeded, chopped
   2      cl            Garlic -- minced
   2      tb            Sugar
   1      tb            Salt
   2      ts            Leaf basil
     1/8  ts            Crushed red pepper
  32      oz            Italian-style tomatoes (2 cans)
                        -- broken up
   8      oz            Can tomato sauce
   6      oz            Can tomato paste

Remove sausage from casings; brown in skillet with ground chuck and
cubed meat. Break up sausage and ground meat with wooden spoon or
fork as they brown; drain well. Add to Crock-Pot with remaining
ingredients; stir well. Cover and cook on Low for 8 to 16 hours or on
High for 4 to 6 hours. For thicker sauce, cook on High for last
2 hours, removing cover for last hour.

Note:

This sauce may be made 1 to 2 days in advance and refrigerated. It
also freezes well.


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