During these days of “staying at home” the most important decision of the day often is, “What’s for dinner?” My husband, Skip, mentioned that if I came up with a sauce he would make some fresh pasta. I must admit that I am probably one of the few households that did not stock up on dry pasta. We have an ancient electric pasta maker that only Skip knows how to use. Well the challenge was on so I came up with this meat sauce. Since I had 1/2 pound each of ground sirloin and ground sausage, that was my starting point.
Quick Meat and Tomato Pasta Sauce
Servings: 5
Calories: 316kcal
Ingredients
- 1 Tbsp olive oil
- 2 cups red onion diced
- 2 garlic cloves minced
- 1/2 pound ground sirloin
- 1/2 pound ground sausage
- 1 28 oz canned fire roasted crushed tomatoes
- 2 ½ Tbsp Italian seasonings
- 3/4 tsp kosher salt
- 1/4 tsp black pepper freshly ground
- 1/3 cup red wine
- 1 pound pasta
- parmesan cheese freshly grated for topping
Instructions
- Heat olive oil in a large fry pan over medium heat.
- Add onions and sauté for 5 minutes or until soft.
- Add garlic and sauté for an additional minute.
- Remove onion and garlic from pan.
- In the same pan, cook sausage and beef until cooked through, about 5 minutes. Drain the grease.
- Add the tomatoes, seasonings, wine and onion mixture to the meat in the fry pan.
- Cook on low for approximately 5-10 minute.
- Prepare pasta according to package.
- Pour sauce over pasta and top with parmesan cheese.
Notes
This recipe is very flexible. If you don't have both sausage or beef, just use 1 pound of what you have. Regular canned tomatoes also work well if that is what is in your pantry. A combination of spices such as rosemary, oregano, thyme, etc. can be used instead of Italian seasonings. This recipe freezes well.