Quebec-Style Spaghetti with Meat Sauce

Ingredients

• 500 g Spaghetti
• 400 g Ground beef
• 300 g Ground pork
• 800 g Tomatoes (crushed, canned)
• 2 tbsp Tomato paste
• 2 stalks Celery
• 1 piece Bell pepper
• 1 piece Onion
• 3 cloves Garlic
• 2 tbsp Olive oil
• 1 tsp Sugar
• 1 piece Bay leaf
• 1 tbsp Oregano (dried)
• to taste Salt
• to taste Pepper

Directions

1. 9 min

   Sauté the chopped onion, celery, bell pepper and garlic in the olive oil.

2. 12 min

   Add the ground beef and pork and cook, crumbling them, until browned; Check that the internal temperature reaches 160 °F (71 °C).

3. 6 min

   Stir in the tomato paste, crushed tomatoes, bay leaf, oregano, sugar, salt and pepper.

4. 72 min

   Let the sauce simmer over low heat, stirring occasionally, until thick and flavourful.

5. 15 min

   Cook the spaghetti in boiling salted water, drain, and remove the bay leaf from the sauce.

6. 6 min

   Toss the spaghetti with the sauce and serve with a generous extra ladle of sauce on top.