Greek Meat Sauce with Spaghetti

• servings: 6 servings
• active time: 20 minutes
• total time: 1 hour 20 minutes

Ingredients

1 pound ground beef

1 tbsp olive oil

1 1/2 teaspoons salt (divided)

1/2 teaspoon black pepper (divided)

1 medium onion (diced)

4 cloves minced garlic

1/4 cup red wine

28 ounce can crushed tomatoes

15 ounce can tomato sauce

3 tbsp fresh parsley (chopped finely)

1 tbsp fresh mint (chopped finely)

1 teaspoon dried oregano

3/4 teaspoon cinnamon

1/2 teaspoon all spice

1/4 teaspoon cloves

1 tbsp butter

1 tbsp sugar

16 ounce box whole grain spaghetti noodles

Directions

Heat olive oil in a large pot over medium high heat. Add ground beef and season with 1/2 teaspoon salt and 1/4 teaspoon black pepper. Saute until beef is no longer pink. Remove from heat, leaving fat in pot, and set beef aside.

Add onion to pot and saute until softened, about 5 minutes. Add garlic and saute for another minute.

Pour red wine into pan and let cook for 1 minute, scraping up any burned pieces of food on the pot of the pot.

Add crushed tomatoes, tomato sauce, parsley, mint, oregano, cinnamon, all spice, cloves, 1 teaspoon salt, and 1/2 teaspoon pepper. Stir well. Reduce heat to a gentle simmer and let simmer, uncovered, until sauce is very thick, about 1 hour.

While sauce is simmering, cook noodles according to package directions.

When sauce has finished simmering, stir in butter and sugar until both are well incorporated.

Serve sauce over pasta.

Nutrition

• Calories: 578 kcal
• Total Fat: 20 g
• Saturated Fat: 7 g
• Cholesterol: 58 mg
• Sodium: 1203 mg
• Total Carbohydrate: 74 g
• Dietary Fiber: 4 g
• Total Sugars: 11 g
• Protein: 27 g