Tuscan Meat Sauce

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Nutritional Info
  • Servings Per Recipe: 10
  • Amount Per Serving
  • Calories: 240.9
  • Total Fat: 16.7 g
  • Cholesterol: 60.9 mg
  • Sodium: 107.2 mg
  • Total Carbs: 3.8 g
  • Dietary Fiber: 0.8 g
  • Protein: 15.4 g

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Introduction

Tony picked this one up in Cortona and has perfected it. Yum! Tony picked this one up in Cortona and has perfected it. Yum!
Number of Servings: 10

Ingredients

    1 cup olive oil (1/2 c is drained off later)
    1 c chopped onion
    1 carrot
    1/2 stalk celery
    1/4 c cilantro
    500 grams ground veal
    100 grams ground pork
    1 750 ml tin of tomatoes, blended
    1 c water
    1 c red wine

Directions

Finely chop onion, carrot, celery and cilantro in food processor. Saute in 1/4 c olive oil. Add ground veal and pork and brown for 10 minutes. Add tomatoes, remainder of olive oil, water, and red wine. Let simmer for 2.5 hours. Drain off as much oil as possible (nearly 3/4 cup).

Number of Servings: 10

Recipe submitted by SparkPeople user VEEELLDEE.