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Dot's Famous Spaghetti Sauce tastes like a work of art, in part because she makes sure that the flavors are perfect. She gets the most vibrant, sweet, herbaceous, and meaty sauce by slow-cooking it, allowing all the flavors to meld together into something that tastes so amazing, you'll want to drink it. This is the perfect weeknight meal to come home to after a long day, or the best dish to use to close out the weekend. Dot's Famous Spaghetti Sauce is the dish that people will thank you for making again and again... and you'll be thanking yourself, as well!
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Ingredients
- 2 pounds ground beef
- 3/4 pound bulk Italian sausage
- 4 medium onions, finely chopped
- 8 cloves garlic, minced
- 4 (14.5-ounce) cans diced tomatoes, undrained
- 4 (6-ounce) cans tomato paste
- 1/2 cup water
- 1/4 cup sugar
- 1/4 cup Worcestershire sauce
- 1 tablespoon canola oil
- 1/4 cup fresh parsley, minced
- 2 tablespoons fresh basil, minced, or 2 teaspoons dried basil
- 1 tablespoon fresh oregano, minced, or 1 teaspoon dried oregano
- 4 bay leaves
- 1 teaspoon sage, rubbed
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 teaspoon dried marjoram
- 1/2 teaspoon pepper
- spaghetti, cooked and hot, to taste
Directions
Step 1 -In a Dutch oven, cook the ground beef, the sausage, the onion, and the garlic over medium heat until the meat is no longer pink, about 5-8 minutes.
Step 2 -Drain the fat from the Dutch oven.
Step 3 -Transfer the mixture to a 5-quart slow cooker.
Step 4 -Stir in the tomatoes, the tomato paste, the water, the sugar, the Worcestershire sauce, the oil, the parsley, the basil, the oregano, the bay leaves, the sage, the salt, the marjoram, and the pepper.
Step 5 -Cover and cook on low until all of the flavors meld together, about 8-10 hours.
Step 6 -Discard the bay leaves.
Step 7 -Serve with the hot spaghetti.

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