Quick Homemade meat sauce (spaghetti sauce)(Italian gravy).

You can cook Quick Homemade meat sauce (spaghetti sauce)(Italian gravy) using 8 ingredients and 9 steps. Here is how you cook it.

Ingredients of Quick Homemade meat sauce (spaghetti sauce)(Italian gravy)

1. It's 1 can of tomato paste or puree.
2. Prepare 5 tbsp of olive oil.
3. You need 1/2 lb of ground beef or sausage.
4. It's 1 1/2 tbsp of basil.
5. You need 1 1/2 tbsp of oregano.
6. You need 1 tbsp of garlic powder.
7. It's 1 pinch of red pepper flakes.
8. You need 1/4 cup of parmesan cheese (grated).

Quick Homemade meat sauce (spaghetti sauce)(Italian gravy) instructions

1. Brown the meat and make certain it is chopped up into small bits.
2. Add the oil tomato and meat.
3. Add the spices.
4. Add the cheese.
5. I usually make this to taste rather than actual measurements ...above are my guesstimates to what I usually add..
6. You can add and/or subtract the spices to your liking. A good option is adding minced onions and Romano cheese. You can also make this a vegetarian dish by leaving out the meat. Or you can make meatballs and add them to this just before serving... I prefer the meat added in beforehand because it gives the sauce more flavour..
7. If using fresh garlic I suggest one or 2 slivers depending on how garlicy you want it..
8. The longer the sauce simmers the better it gets. If you have literally all day use 5-10 fresh tomatoes and mash them well and drain the water as best you can and use the recipe above. It will take a few hours to make the sauce as desired. Paste will reduce the time to about 20 mins total and will produce a very thick sauce. puree will take about 30-45 minutes and the sauce will be less thick than the paste but will make a nice thick sauce..
9. Please read the description on the photos as well as they give more info about the recipe :).