Cooked Meat and Tomato Sauce Italian Style

Name: Cooked Meat and Tomato Sauce Italian Style
Total time: 45 min
Yield: About 4 cups
Cuisine: italian
Ingredients: 4 cups imported canned tomatoes; 1/4 cup olive oil; 1 teaspoon garlic minced fine; 1/2 cup onion chopped fine; 1 cup chopped cooked pork or stewed beef; Salt to taste, if desired; Freshly ground pepper to taste; 1/4 cup tomato paste; 1/4 cup parsley chopped fine; 2 tablespoons fresh basil chopped fine or half the amount dried; 1/2 teaspoon dried hot red pepper flakes

By Craig Claiborne

Total Time: 45 minutes
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Ingredients

Yield:About 4 cups

4cups imported canned tomatoes
¼cup olive oil
1teaspoon garlic minced fine
½cup onion chopped fine
1cup chopped cooked pork or stewed beef
Salt to taste, if desired
Freshly ground pepper to taste
¼cup tomato paste
¼cup parsley chopped fine
2tablespoons fresh basil chopped fine or half the amount dried
½teaspoon dried hot red pepper flakes

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Preparation

Step 1
Cook tomatoes in saucepan 30 minutes or longer until reduced to three cups.
Step 2
Heat oil in casserole and add garlic and onion. Cook, stirring, until wilted. Add meat and cook, stirring, about one minute.
Step 3
Add tomatoes, salt, pepper and tomato paste. Stir to blend. Add parsley, basil and pepper flakes. Cook, stirring, 10 minutes.