Ultimate Meat Sauce

Ingredients

• 0.5 tsk Dried basil
• 0.5 msk Japanese soy sauce
• 500 g Ground beef
• 1 msk Vegetable stock (Organic)
• 2 krm Granulated sugar
• 390 g Crushed tomatoes
• 1 krm Ground black pepper
• 4 Garlic (Cloves)
• 1 msk Balsamic vinegar
• 2 msk Olive oil
• 0.5 tsk Dried oregano
• 1 Yellow onion
• 3 msk Tomato paste
• 1 krm Salt
• 4 dl Water
• 100 g Parmesan cheese (Freshly grated when serving)
• 500 g Spaghetti (Cook according to the package instructions)
• 1 Fresh basil (Plant; rinsed and finely chopped)

Steps

1. 1

   Peel and finely chop the yellow onion and garlic.

2. 2

   Heat the olive oil in a frying pan or pot.

3. 3

   Add the onion, dried basil, and oregano. Sauté until the onion is soft.

4. 4

   Add the ground beef and brown it until fully cooked.

5. 5

   Add the tomato paste and balsamic vinegar. Sauté, stirring, for approximately 30 seconds.

6. 6

   Add the crushed tomatoes, water, vegetable stock, sugar, and Japanese soy sauce.

7. 7

   Let the meat sauce simmer for approximately 20 minutes.

8. 8

   Season the meat sauce to taste with salt and ground black pepper.

9. 9

   Cook the spaghetti according to the package instructions.

10. 10

    Rinse and finely chop the fresh basil.

11. 11

    Stir the fresh basil into the meat sauce.

12. 12

    Serve the meat sauce with the freshly cooked spaghetti and top with freshly grated Parmesan cheese.

Notes

The recipe specifies that the pasta should be cooked according to the package instructions; no separate cooking time or salting of the water is specified.

Nutrition per serving

• main course
• dinner
• lunch
• Italian-inspired
• ground beef
• pasta
• everyday food
• batch cooking