Ingredients
Instructions
- 2 tablespoons olive oil
- 1 onion (finely chopped)
- 1 carrot (finely chopped)
- 1 celery stalk (finely chopped)
- 2 garlic cloves (finely chopped)
- 1/2lb ground beef
- 6 ounces Italian sausage (ground or casings removed)
- 1 cup red wine
- 1 (28 ounces) can crushed tomatoes
- 1 teaspoon fresh rosemary, chopped (or ¼ teaspoon dry rosemary)
- 1 teaspoon fresh sage, chopped (or ¼ teaspoon dry sage)
- salt and ground black pepper (to taste)
Notes
- Heat olive oil in a large saucepan over medium heat. Add onion, carrot, celery, and garlic and sauté for about 5 minutes.
- Be careful not to burn the garlic.
- Add the ground beef and Italian sausage and cook for 10 minutes over medium heat, while chopping up into chunks with a spatula.
- Deglaze the pan from red wine, allow the mixture to simmer to let the wine to reduce a bit. Add the crushed tomatoes, rosemary and sage. Season with salt and pepper.
- Stir and mix together well. Simmer for 1 hour.
- Serve over hot cooked pasta.