Lyons Family Cookbook

Spaghetti with Italian Meat Sauce

1/4

cup

butter

1/2

cup

olive oil

1 1/2

cup

onions, finely chopped

1

cup

carrots, grated

1/2

cup

celery, finely chopped

8

oz

fresh mushrooms, grated

2

tsp

parsley, finely chopped

2

lbs

lean ground beef

2

Tbs

flour

2

Tbs

tomato paste

1

cup

red wine (Carlo Rossi Burgundy)

3 1/2

tsp

Better Than Bouillon Beef Base (dissolved in 29 oz boiling water)

2

tsp

salt

1/2

tsp

black pepper

2

boxes

(8 oz each) DeBoles Jerusalem Artichoke Spaghetti

1

Combine butter and oil in an 8 quart soup pot. Heat. Add onions. Sauté 1 minute. Add carrots, celery, mushrooms, and parsley. Cook, stirring frequently, 5 minutes.

2

Brown ground beef in a large fry pan, breaking up with a spoon, stirring frequently until no pink remains. Drain the fat, and add the beef to onion mixture in the soup pot.

3

Sprinkle flour over beef. Stir until well-blended. Stir in tomato paste. Add wine gradually. Stir constantly. Add beef broth. Season with salt and pepper. Bring mixture to a boil, then cover and reduce to simmer, stirring occasionally, about 1 hour, until thick.

4

Cook spaghetti noodles according to package instructions. Plate spaghetti and ladle sauce over the spaghetti. Top with parmesan cheese.

5

Yield: About 8 - 10 servings.

If you are looking for a spaghetti sauce that is not "tomato based," this is the one.

Source

Source: The Encyclopedia of Creative Cooking - 1985