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Meat Sauce
If you want a truly meaty pasta sauce for home canning, this recipe from Bernardin is it. Requires pressure canning.
Course
Main Course
Cuisine
Italian
Keyword
Beef, Pasta Sauce, Tomatoes
Prep Time
45
minutes
minutes
Cook Time
2
hours
hours
Total Time
2
hours
hours
45
minutes
minutes
Servings
3
x 1 litre (quart) jars
Calories
491
kcal
Ingredients
2.5
kg
ground beef
(extra lean. Or lean ground pork. 5 lbs)
300
g
onion
(chopped. 2 cups / 10 oz. Measurements after prep. 2 medium.)
150
g
green bell pepper
(chopped. 1 cup / 5 oz. Measured after prep. 1 large.)
2.5
litres
diced tomatoes
(canned, with juice. about 10 cups / 85 oz.)
650
ml
tomato paste
(2 ⅔ cups / 22 oz.)
10
g
parsley
(chopped fresh. 4 tablespoons / about 2 sprigs)
2
tablespoons
brown sugar
4
teaspoons
salt
(or non-bitter, non-clouding salt sub
1
tablespoon
herbs
(dried. Your choice)
½
teaspoon
ground black pepper
½
teaspoon
ground ginger
½
teaspoon
ground allspice
2
tablespoons
vinegar
Metric
-
US Customary
Instructions
Brown the ground meat in batches in a frying pan. Drain excess fat off each batch, and add to a large pot about 8 litres (quarts) in size.
Wash, peel, and coarsely chop the onion. Add to pot.
Wash, stem, seed, and coarsely chop the green pepper. Add to pot.
Cook stirring frequently until the veg soften a bit.
Add tomatoes including juice.
Add all remaining ingredients.
Stir, bring to a boil, then lower to a simmer.
Let simmer until mixture thickens a bit.
Ladle hot sauce into heated jars, either half-litre (pint) OR litre (quart).
Leave 3 cm (1 inch) headspace.
Debubble; adjust headspace.
Wipe jar rims.
Put lids on.
Processing pressure: 10 lbs (69 kPa) weighted gauge, 11 lbs (76 kpa) dial gauge (adjust pressure for your altitude when over 300 metres / 1000 feet.)
Processing time: half-litre (US pint) jars for 60 minutes OR 1 litre (US quart) jars for 75 minutes.
Nutrition
Serving:
1
g
|
Calories:
491
kcal
|
Carbohydrates:
24
g
|
Protein:
49
g
|
Fat:
21
g
|
Saturated Fat:
8
g
|
Cholesterol:
115
mg
|
Sodium:
933
mg
|
Fiber:
5
g
|
Sugar:
13
g