This Best Ever Spaghetti and Meat Sauce recipe is the perfect Italian-style weeknight meal for the whole family – a rich, meaty sauce served over your favourite pasta!
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I don’t know about your family, but at our house spaghetti and meat sauce is everybody’s favourite meal. I make this Best Ever Spaghetti and Meat Sauce at least once every two weeks and it’s the dinner I look forward to the most – mainly because my kids love it so much that my husband and I are guaranteed a quiet, peaceful dinner while the kids are stuffing their faces!!
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In all seriousness, this Best Ever Spaghetti and Meat Sauce is the perfect Italian-inspired family meal idea – the sauce is rich and meaty and SO flavourful, and it goes great over your favourite pasta cooked in salted water. Top it off with some fresh herbs and parmesan cheese and serve it with a side salad, and you’ve got the perfect family dinner that that’s better than any Italian Restaurant!
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I hope your family loves this recipe as much as we do! Let me know in the comments below, what’s your family’s favourite comfort food meal?
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Best Ever Spaghetti and Meat Sauce
This Best Ever Spaghetti and Meat Sauce recipe is the perfect Italian-style weeknight family meal - a rich, meaty sauce served over your favourite pasta!
Recipe: Ingredients
- 2 pounds lean ground beef
- 1 large onion, finely diced
- 3 cloves garlic, minced
- salt and pepper
- 2 teaspoons dried parsley
- 1 teaspoon dried basil
- 1 teaspoon dried oregano
- 1/2 teaspoon dried thyme
- 1 cup red wine
- 9 cups canned crushed tomatoes (plain pureed tomato sauce, no salt or flavour added)
- chopped fresh parsley and parmesan cheese, for garnish
- spaghetti noodles, cooked according to package directions (I recommend Barilla brand - they're our family's favourite!)
Recipe: Instructions
- Heat a large dutch oven pot over medium high heat.
- Add the ground beef and cook until almost completely browned, breaking it up with a wooden spoon.
- Turn the heat to medium and add the onions, garlic, salt and pepper (to taste), parsley, basil, oregano and thyme. Saute with the beef until the onions are soft and translucent.
- Add the wine and allow the liquid to evaporate while stirring the mixture regularly so the meat absorbs the flavour of the wine.
- When the wine has almost evaporated, add the crushed tomatoes and stir to combine.
- Cover and let simmer on medium-low heat for at least 30 minutes, or up to 2 hours (turn the heat to low if you plan to simmer for a long time). Stir regularly to ensure the sauce cooks evenly.
- Prepare the pasta according to the package directions, cooking it in salted water for best results.
- Serve the sauce over the pasta with a sprinkling of fresh parsley (if desired) and freshly grated parmesan cheese.
Recipe: Notes
This recipe is great for meal prep because the sauce can be prepared in advance and stored in the fridge for up to 3 days. Freeze in airtight containers for up to 2 months.
Recipe: Nutrition
Nutrition Facts
Best Ever Spaghetti and Meat Sauce
Amount Per Serving (1 cup)
Calories 186
Calories from Fat 36
% Daily Value*
Fat 4g6%
Saturated Fat 2g13%
Cholesterol 47mg16%
Sodium 291mg13%
Potassium 840mg24%
Carbohydrates 15g5%
Fiber 4g17%
Sugar 9g10%
Protein 19g38%
Vitamin A 390IU8%
Vitamin C 18mg22%
Calcium 79mg8%
Iron 4mg22%
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.
Notice: Nutrition is auto-calculated, using Spoonacular, for your convenience. Where relevant, we recommend using your own nutrition calculations.
I will try to make it tonight . it sounds good but never put wine in my pasta sauce before
I love cooking with wine!
This is ABSOLUTELY delicious. It is so easy and the flavour is outstanding. I added a few things my family loves like fennel seeds and red pepper flakes to make it our own.
This is a keeper! Super easy and is a delicious, full flavoured sauce. The only change I made was adding fennel seeds and hot pepper flakes.
Thanks Susan!! So glad you like the recipe!!
I made this last night. My husband repeatedly said it was really good (different…from my other spaghetti sauces). I added little bit of tomato paste, brown sugar, ground fennel. I only put in 6.5 cups of crushed tomatoes and a lot more garlic. Next time I’ll try 6 cups.
Thank you
Thanks for your feedback Paula!!