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Tom - here we go:

Nana's basic meat gravy -

A 20 oz can of crushed tomatoes
12 ozs of tomato paste
12 ozs of water
A green pepper chopped
1 onion (large cooking) chopped
1 large clove of garlic - crushed
1 pound of lean ground beef
1 pound of ground Italian sausage

Brown the burger and the sausage
Remove from pan onto paper towels to drain the fat
In a lg pan put 4 tbsp of extra virgin olive oil
Sautéed the onion, garlic & pepper until soft
Add the tomatoes, paste and water
Stir to combine
Then add 2 tsps of sugar, 1 tsp of dried basil, 2 tsps of dried oregano, 1/2 tsp of mint flakes
Salt & pepper to taste
Simmer 1 hour covered
Enjoy!

You can vary/adjust the recipe to meet your taste. This is a Bolognese gravy. Marinara will not be as heavy, but I prefer meat in my gravy.

Let me know what you think.

Regards