My Homemade Spaghetti Sauce

Total Time: 1 hr 40 mins Preparation Time: 40 mins Cook Time: 1 hr

Ingredients

• 1/2 lb polish kielbasa (about 1/4-inch thick slices)
• 1/2 lb ground beef
• 2 large garlic cloves
• 1 medium yellow onion
• 1 (5 1/2 ounce) can v8 vegetable juice
• 1 tablespoon cornstarch (large tablespoon)
• 12 -15 small cherry tomatoes, sliced in half
• 2 -3 fresh zucchini (preferably slender ones cut in 1/4 in thick slices)
• 1 teaspoon pesto sauce (large teaspoon)
• 1/4 cup fresh parsley
• 1 tablespoon fresh chives
• 1 teaspoon dried oregano
• 1 teaspoon dried thyme
• salt
• fresh pepper
• wine
• olive oil

Recipe

• 1 in large frying pan sauté with olive oil - thinly sliced onion & thinly sliced garlic until lightly blanched.
• 2 add sausage & ground beef.
• 3 sauté until sausage & beef are braised.
• 4 add some wine.
• 5 transfer to a large pan.
• 6 add halved cherry tomatoes & sliced zucchini.
• 7 sauté until tomatoes begin to wrinkle.
• 8 add v8 & allow to reach a simmer.
• 9 add pesto, oregano & thyme.
• 10 reduce to level of a thin sauce.
• 11 add corn starch & thicken.
• 12 add more wine.
• 13 last – add parsley & chives.
• 14 season with salt & fresh pepper.
• 15 reduce to sauce thickness (if it needs liquid add more wine).
• 16 allow to cool & refrigerate overnight for flavors to be infused in the sauce.
• 17 serve over “al denteâ€? pasta and top with grated romano cheese.