Debbie's Spaghetti Sauce

Total Time: 6 hrs 45 mins Preparation Time: 45 mins Cook Time: 6 hrs

Ingredients

• 3 lbs italian sausage, i use garlic & cheese sausage
• 5 lbs spareribs, country style with bone
• 8 (28 ounce) cans crushed tomatoes, i only use pastene
• 1 (18 ounce) can tomato paste
• 1 cup burgundy wine
• 10 garlic cloves, minced
• 1/4 cup dried basil
• 1 tablespoon fennel seed
• 2 bay leaves
• olive oil

Recipe

• 1 in a large stockpot cover the bottom of the pan with olive oil and heat on medium heat until hot.
• 2 add the sausage and brown making sure not to crowd the pan, you will have to do this in batches, remove and set aside as they brown.
• 3 next brown the spareribs the same way adding more olive oil as needed and set aside when browned.
• 4 add the tomatoe paste to pan and cook stirring constantly so that it does not burn.
• 5 add the canned tomatoes, burgandy, basil, fennel seed, bay leafs and garlic to the paste in the stockpot and mix well.
• 6 turn heat up to medium high until sauce almost comes to a boil.
• 7 turn heat down to low and add the sausages and spareribs to sauce.
• 8 do not cover the pan.
• 9 simmer for about 6 hours until meat falls off the bones of the spareribs and not before.