SAUCE,SUGO,OR GRAVY ETC.

Sauce,sugo,or gravy etc. image

Provided by gina loccisano @geegees

Number Of Ingredients 14

1 large onion
2 stalk(s) celery stalk
1 large carrot
4 large garlic cloves
4 tablespoon(s) olive oil, extra virgin
2 small pieces of pork
2 small pieces of beef
3 pound(s) sweet sausage good quality is best
4 large cans of san marzono whole peeled tomatoes
1 small palmful of italian seasonig
1 small palmful of salt and pepper
1 small palmful of fresh parsley chopped
4 large leafs of fresh basil chopped
1 medium chunk of parmesano

Steps:

put celerystalks ,onion,celery and carrot into a food processor and pretty much blend until it becomes paste like. Set aside.
add extra virgin olive oil to a heavy bottom saucepan and put on medium heat.Once oil comes to temp.add your pork ,beef and sausage and brown meat until it becomes caramalized. Then add the veggies that you blended and cook for another 5 minutes stirring often not to burn the garlic it doesn't taste good and will ruin the flavor of your sauce.
Add your tomatoes I squeeze mine by hand first, and the spices listed above or you can substitute what ever ones you prefer these work best in my opinion. But feel free to substitute what you like.
Bring to a low boil and add raw meatballs to the tomatoes if desired.you can find my meatball recipe in my recipe box. Cook for 3 hrs or so. It is a little time consuming but so worth the end result.
Top with grated parm . I buy a chunk and grate it myself.And a fresh basil leaf on top is always good for flavor and presentation.