Ingredients
- 1 can (14.5oz) diced tomato - Add any veggies you would like
- 1 1/2 cups sugar - reduce if you'd like
- 3/4 teaspoon yellow mustard
- 1 1/2 teaspoon Italian seasonings - more for stronger flavor
- 1/2 onion - chopped
- 1 tomato - diced
- 3 cans (28oz) crushed tomato
- 1-2 tablspoons chopped garlic - jar or fresh
- 2 tablespoons olive oil
Directions
- Heat the olive oil in a larger Dutch oven size pot.
- Sauté garlic and onion until clear, add tomato and other veggies and sauté for a few minutes.
- Pour in the crushed tomato, add all other ingredients and mix well.
- Heat just to a bubbling boil, cover and reduce heat to low (2-3) on my stove.
- Let cook for about 3 hours stirring occasionally.
- If you are doing meatballs… you may cook them right in the sauce for the last 45 minutes or so of the 3 hours cooking time.
- For meatballs I combine pork sausage with ground beef and salt and pepper about 1-1 1/2 lbs. all together.
- Form into smaller meatballs and drop directly into the sauce.
1-2 inch meatballs seem to absorb the flavor better, but do not over cook them or they are not as tender. Italian sausage is also great in the sauce too. This, I slice and cook in a separate pan before adding to the sauce.