Slow Simmered Meat Sauce with Ground Turkey and Italian Sausage
Servings 10-12
Ingredients
2tspolive oil
1lbof ground turkey
2turkey Italian sausagesremoved from the casing
1small sweet yellow oniondiced
3small carrotsdiced
6clovesof garlicminced
1tspdried basil
1tspfennel seedscrushed
½tspdried oregano
½tspcrushed red pepper flakesmore if you want it extra spicy
Sea salt and freshly cracked pepperto taste
1cupof chicken broth
1 6ozcan of tomato paste
2 15ozcans of tomato sauce
29ozcan of crushed tomatoes
1tbspsugar
2tbspfresh basil leaveschopped
Spaghetticooked per instructions (I used whole wheat)
Parmesan Cheese
Parsleychopped
Instructions
Preheat the oven to 300 degrees.
Heat the olive oil in a large Dutch oven over medium heat. Add the ground turkey, turkey Italian sausage removed from casings, and the onion. Cook, stirring often to crumble the beef and sausage, for 4-5 minutes.
Add the carrots, garlic, dried basil, crushed fennel seeds, dried oregano, crushed red pepper flakes, sea salt, and freshly cracked pepper, to taste.
Add the chicken stock, tomato paste, crushed tomatoes, and tomato sauce to the turkey mixture as well as the sugar. Stir until well combined. Cover with a lid and place into the oven for 3-4 hours.
Remove the Dutch oven from the oven. Skim the surface for any fat. Add the chopped basil then taste and re-season if needed.
Cook the spaghetti noodles per instructions, drain. Serve the sauce on top of the spaghetti then top with Parmesan and fresh parsley if desired.