Easy Meatball Sauce
This Easy Meatball Sauce is a simple meat sauce that is ideal for serving with your favorite meatball recipe with spaghetti, sprinkled with (a lot of) parmesan!
Ingredients
- 1/2 pound Italian sausage mild or hot
- 1/2 pound beef loin
- 2 tablespoons olive oil
- 1 tablespoon Italian seasoning
- 4 cloves garlic minced
- 2 cans tomato sauce
- 1 onion finely chopped
- ½-1 teaspoon sugar
- Salt and pepper to taste
- Cooked meatballs
Instructions
- In a large saucepan or deep skillet, heat the olive oil over medium-high heat.
- Add the beef loin to the sausage and cook for 5-7 minutes until browned.
- Remove the casing from the Italian sausage and add it to the pan. Break the sausage into smaller pieces with a wooden spoon as it cooks. Cook until browned and cooked through, about 5-7 minutes.
- Add the chopped onion and sauté for 5 minutes, or until translucent.
- Stir in the minced garlic. Cook for 1 minute until fragrant.
- Pour in the tomato sauce, sugar, Italian seasoning, and salt and pepper to taste. Stir well to combine.
- Reduce the heat to low and simmer the sauce, covered, for at least 20-30 minutes. Simmer it for longer to enhance the flavor.
- Add the cooked meatballs allow them to heat through.
- Taste the sauce and adjust the seasoning, sugar, or spices according to your preference.