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Reviewed: Oct. 19, 2009
Made this recipe for my in laws when they came in to visit and they loved it! I definitely recommend making this sauce it is yummy!
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Reviewed: Aug. 15, 2009
Very good recipe as given. I had a surplus of Roma tomatoes and this recipe helped me put them to very good use! Thank you!
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Reviewed: Aug. 11, 2009
Really a great recipe! I make a big pot of this and freeze two ladle fulls in each ziploc freezer bag (Makes like 14 bags!) Then for a quick meal for my husband and myself I reheat the sauce, cook the pasta, and dinners served in 15 mins! This recipe really helped us out when my son was born : ) Thanks a lot!
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Cooking Level: Expert

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The reviewer gave this recipe 5 stars. This recipe averages a 4.39 star rating.
Reviewed: Jul. 23, 2009
My family loves this recipe and my sister even said its the best spaghetti shes ever tasted.I didnt follow the recipe to a tee though mostly cause i ran out of a few stuff and didnt feel like running to the store. and it still came out great. i used 3 table of olive oil instead of 2, didnt use wine or the large tomatoes.the recipe came together as quite dry so i added 2 cups of water.be careful on the tomato sauce you choose, as some sauces tend to be qute sweet, whihc was what happened in my case.if you buy a sweet tasting sauce, go easy on the sugar (maybe just 1 tablesp).despite mine being a bit sweet, it turned out great for a novice cooker like me.
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The reviewer gave this recipe 5 stars. This recipe averages a 4.39 star rating.
Reviewed: Jul. 17, 2009
This sauce was the first me and my fiance had ever tried and we did tweak it a little bit we only used a quarter of a bell pepper and used canned tomatoes and a wine called burgandy only because we couldnt find the one it called for and we also threw some asiago cheese on top.this was great thanks for sharing this recipe, also we only let it simmer for about 45 mins it kept trying to thicken up and i like sauceier sauce next time we'll try siimering it the whole time!! Thanks again!
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The reviewer gave this recipe 2 stars. This recipe averages a 4.39 star rating.
Reviewed: Jun. 2, 2009
this wasn't great. too much wine made it sour.
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Reviewed: Feb. 16, 2009
i thought it was ok. i wasnt able to simmer the sauce for 3 hours so after about an hour of simmering, the beef still didn't have much flavor in it. i followed the recipe to the T but had to add garlic salt for taste. i thought this recipe was ok. by adding the 2/3 cup of tomate sauce defeats the purpose of trying to make it "homemade".
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Reviewed: Feb. 6, 2009
I loved this recipe. My family loves chunky spaghetti sauce. I did half chuck and half Italian sausage. I left out the cayenne because of the sausage.
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The reviewer gave this recipe 4 stars. This recipe averages a 4.39 star rating.
Reviewed: Jan. 26, 2009
This is a great base sauce, but I did make some changes. I used 1 lb. turkey sausage and 1 1/2 lb. lean ground sirloin. Used 1-28 oz. can crushed tomatoes and 3 cans diced tomatoes (pureed in blender). I always add creamy tomato soup to my sauce, and did so with this one (It makes the sauce complete - used 1 microwavable bowl). Used only 1 small 8 oz. bottle of cabernet and omitted cayenne. Hard to mess up a good base. Added Italian seasoning. It was perfect!! Will use the rest for the "Baked Ziti III recipe", with ricotta, of course.
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Cooking Level: Intermediate

Home Town: Fort Mill, South Carolina, USA
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Reviewed: Jan. 1, 2009
I wanted to tackle the task of making homemade spaghetti sauce so I've been searching for the perfect sauce recipe and I think I've found it in this one (with a few changes). Here's what I did - decreased olive oil to 3 T, omitted green pepper (don't like), sub'd beef broth for red wine, sub'd 2 cans Italian diced tomatoes (undrained) for fresh, use 1/8 tsp. crushed red pepper flakes for cayenne (we don't like spicy food), and decreased mushrooms by half. I also sometimes omit the ground beef and add 2 pkgs. (12 oz) of frozen meatballs. Then, after sauteing the meat (if using), garlic, and onions I cook the rest of the time in the slow cooker on high for 3 hours and add the mushrooms for 15 minutes before serving. Turns out great every time.
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Home Town: Mobile, Alabama, USA
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Reviewed: Nov. 22, 2008
This was really very good and thick spaghetti sauce. However, ours had a bit of a bitter taste. Not sure if the wine I used was old or not the right type (can't remember what it was called. Red and dry. Leftover from a dinner). I think that is what we were tasting. Anyway, I'll definitely make this again b/c even with the bit of bitter taste, it was still very good. I'll just omit the wine or use another type. Thanks.
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Reviewed: Oct. 26, 2008
This was a good sauce. I used 2 cans of diced tomatoes instead of fresh. Next time I will only use one can of tomato paste. I think 2 cans leaves too much tomato flavor. I didn't cook the meat with the sauce. I added browned homemade meatballs in the last 30 minutes of cooking. This recipe makes a lot of sauce. I froze 2 big portions and plan to have meatball subs with the leftovers.
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Reviewed: Sep. 29, 2008
Best red sauce recipe ever! You could eat it alone, it's that good. It is spicey, so cut way back on the cayenne pepper if you are sensitive as it does over-power the dish. Husband and kids loved it. I used just a plain old cooking wine, but will use a nice red wine when I get the chance to find one. If you omit the ground beef, it's a great base sauce for chili, spagetti, lasagna, etc... Definitely will make more again and freeze for later. I added fresh herbs and they tasted awesome. Used finely chopped canned tomatoes with peppers because I'm lazy and don't like big chunky tomatoes. Came out really nicely and tasted even better the next day!
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Reviewed: Sep. 17, 2008
I can finally say I don't have to buy store bought jarred tomato sauce any longer!
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Reviewed: Aug. 10, 2008
Not so great. Waaay too much wine taste.
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Reviewed: Jul. 11, 2008
Choose a wine you like, since it cooks down for hours. This is what I did: I cooked my meat, onions and bell pepper together let it drain in a strainer. Then, I put a lil' oil in the pan and browned my garlic while the meat was still in the strainer. Then I added my wine to the garlic and let the alcohol cook off; then added the meat to the wine followed by the rest of the ingredients. I don't think you really need the flour. I also used one large can of stewed tomatoes instead. When I use the jar sauce I ALWAYS add onion, garlic and bell pepper so this tasted similar to the jar. I don't know if I will go through this much trouble again--although it was an easy recipe, the jar's just easier.
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Reviewed: Jun. 2, 2008
Very good recipe, a nice change from my usual spaghetti sauce. I only used about 3 tbsp of olive oil to cook the veggies - 3/4 of a cup would be way too fattening! Like all spaghetti sauces I make, instead of simmering on the stove top, I let it simmer in the oven, partially covered at 325F. Less messy and I don't have to check it every 5 minutes!
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Reviewed: May 28, 2008
This sauce was too spicey and greasy. My kids wouldn't eat it. It does have potential...maybe decrease the oil...omit the cayanne....????
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Reviewed: Mar. 31, 2008
Love this one!
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Home Town: Oakland, California, USA
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Reviewed: Mar. 25, 2008
Instead of browning the meat, I made everything and added meatballs and simmered those with the sauce for 2 hours. Fabulous! Sauce added flavor to the meatballs and meatballs still flavored the sauce. I also left out mushrooms because I had none on hand, but it was great and I have no doubts about how great this recipe would be in the as-printed proportions. I was surprised at how much kick the cayenne gave, but I love spicy food. Granted, it wasn't super-hot, but definitely noticeable!
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