| During the summer months, I like to make my own | | | | 2 teaspoons chili powder |
| homemade spaghetti sauce. Once I have it made, I will | | | | 2 tablespoons dried onion |
| freeze or can it for future use. This particular sauce is | | | | 1/2 teaspoon rosemary |
| great for spaghetti, lasagna, rigatoni, ravioli and | | | | 1/2 teaspoon thyme |
| manicotti. | | | | Brown the lean ground beef in a large frying pan, drain |
| Italian Spaghetti Sauce Recipe | | | | off burger grease. In a large stock pot, combine |
| 6 lbs. lean ground beef | | | | cooked beef, pepperoni, tomato paste, tomato sauce |
| 2 (8 ounce) packages of pepperoni | | | | and tomato puree. Cook for 10 minutes on medium |
| 2 (12 ounce) cans tomato paste | | | | heat. Turn heat down to simmer and stir in all of the |
| 2 (15 ounce) cans Italian tomato sauce | | | | spices. Simmer the sauce for 45 to 60 minutes to |
| 5 (29 ounce) cans tomato puree | | | | allow all of the spices to infuse into the sauce mixture. |
| 2 1/2 teaspoons seasoning salt | | | | How to can your spaghetti sauce: |
| 1 teaspoon onion salt | | | | Sterilize and clean your canning jars. (I prefer using |
| 2 teaspoons granulated sugar | | | | quart-sized wide mouth jars). Ladle hot mixture into hot |
| 2 bay leaves | | | | jars. Clean the rims of jars with a clean cotton towel. |
| 2 teaspoons garlic salt | | | | Seal jars and then process in a water bath canner for |
| 1/2 teaspoon garlic powder | | | | 30 minutes. Remove jars from canner and allow them |
| 2 teaspoons table salt | | | | to cool down in a non-drafty area of your kitchen. |
| 1 teaspoon fresh ground pepper | | | | Note: You can also freeze the spaghetti sauce in |
| 2 tablespoons oregano leaves | | | | freezer safe airtight containers. |
| 1 1/2 teaspoons red pepper | | | | |