The meat, sauce, and spices blend together beautifully… and the cheese is like the icing on the cake of spaghetti!
1 T butter
1 sweet onion, chopped
½ green pepper, chopped fine
1 lb. ground sausage or beef, browned
1 6-oz. can tomato paste
5 c crushed tomatoes
1 T brown sugar
1 t Italian seasoning (found in baking aisle with herbs/spices)
1½ t salt
¼ t pepper
2 c water
mozzarella or parmesan cheese, shredded fine, for garnish
Melt butter in large skillet. Saute onion and green pepper in butter over medium heat until tender, 2-3 minutes. Stir in browned sausage/beef, tomato paste, tomatoes, brown sugar, Italian seasoning, salt, pepper and water. Simmer over low heat for 1-2 hours. Serve over spaghetti or angel hair pasta, cooked according to package directions. Sprinkle with cheese.
Adapted from: cooks.com
