Jack's Big Batch Meat Sauce

Total Time: 2 hrs Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 1 hr 30 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 22
• 2 7/8 lbs ground beef round
• 3 cups onions, minced (about 5 onions)
• 1 1/2 cups celery, minced (about 5 stalks)
• 1/2 cup green pepper, minced
• 1/2 cup parsley, minced
• 3/4 cup carrot, minced (about one large)
• 1/4 cup fresh parsley, packed and minced
• 1/2 cup fresh basil, packed and minced
• 1/2 cup fresh lemon basil, packed and minced
• 3 tablespoons dried oregano
• 2 teaspoons dried thyme
• 6 garlic cloves, minced
• 1 cup red wine
• 2 (15 ounce) cans tomato sauce
• 1 (14 1/2 ounce) can crushed tomatoes
• 4 (14 1/2 ounce) cans diced tomatoes
• 1 (4 ounce) can tomato paste
• 2 teaspoons tabasco sauce
• 3 tablespoons worcestershire sauce
• 1 tablespoon sweet paprika
• 5 bay leaves

Recipe

• 1 in a large dutch oven, cook beef until no longer pink remove beef, drain fat, and then place the meat back in the pot.
• 2 while the beef is cooking, mince the vegetables and fresh herbs in a food processor.
• 3 add the vegetable mixture to the beef along with the dried herbs, spices and wine.
• 4 cook until vegetables are soft.
• 5 add the tomato products, tabasco, worcestershire sauce, and bay leaves.
• 6 cover and cook 1 - 1 1/2 hours over low heat, stirring occasionally.
• 7 note: i use lemon basil because that's what's growing in my garden, you can substitute 1 tbs grated lemon zest. you can also substitute dried herbs for fresh ones, just decrease the amount by 1/3. this makes 22, 1 cup servings.