Lasagna Sauce Recipe

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Lasagna Sauce
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Directions:

  1. Brown meats to a dark, but not burnt, color over a medium high heat in a large sauté pan, leave meats in large pieces.
  2. Reserve fat in a separate bowl.
  3. Deglaze pan with 1/2 bottle of wine, pour sauce into a large stock pot set to simmer over a low heat.
  4. Add meat chunks and allow to simmer VERY slowly.
  5. Over a medium heat in your large sauté pan using olive oil: Sauté onion until soft, add garlic and herbs and continue to cook until lightly caramelized.
  6. This mixture will need to be stirred very often, add reserved meat juices as required to keep things from getting dried out- add as much as possible without having extra grease collect in the pan.
  7. (Depending on the size of your pan you may need to do this in several smaller batches.).
  8. Add onions/herbs to simmering stock pot and bring back to slow simmer.
  9. Deglaze sauté pan with 1/2 bottle of wine and pour sauce into simmering stock pot.
  10. Continue to simmer and stir until onion starts to fall apart.
  11. (Don't clean your sauté pan yet, you're going to need it to make the lasagna!) Crush tomatoes by hand and them and the puree to the stock pot.
  12. Simmer for several hours (stirring often to keep sauce from sticking) Sauce will start to smooth out and darken in color.
  13. For the most part the onion will be gone.
  14. At this point taste the sauce and add salt, pepper, red pepper and sugar to taste.
  15. (Depending on much sugar you're able to render out of your onion you may not need to add any).
  16. You can also add more tomatoes, wine and herbs and spices at this point.
  17. Continue to simmer this sauce for several more hours then turn off the heat and allow to cool.
  18. Refrigerate at least one night.
  19. On the day you plan on serving the sauce start the sauce cooking over very low several hours before serving.
  20. Bring it to a slow simmer.
  21. After sauce starts to simmer water or wine can be added to bring sauce to proper consistency.
  22. About 30 minutes before serving remove the meat chunks and place in a separate serving bowl.
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Nutrition Facts

Per ServingPer 100 g
Amount Per 1 Serving
Calories 3652.79 Kcal (15294 kJ)
Calories from fat 2723.97 Kcal
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 302.66g 466%
Cholesterol 684.79mg 228%
Sodium 2223.35mg 93%
Potassium 3539.99mg 75%
Total Carbs 69.81g 23%
Sugars 4.05g 16%
Dietary Fiber 18.02g 72%
Protein 160.76g 322%
Vitamin C 30.2mg 50%
Iron 16mg 89%
Calcium 402.7mg 40%
Amount Per 100 g
Calories 211.48 Kcal (885 kJ)
Calories from fat 157.71 Kcal
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 17.52g 466%
Cholesterol 39.65mg 228%
Sodium 128.72mg 93%
Potassium 204.95mg 75%
Total Carbs 4.04g 23%
Sugars 0.23g 16%
Dietary Fiber 1.04g 72%
Protein 9.31g 322%
Vitamin C 1.8mg 50%
Iron 0.9mg 89%
Calcium 23.3mg 40%

* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet. Your daily values may be higher or lower depending on your calorie needs.
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Tastes

  • salty
  • savory
  • bitter
  • sweet
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Weightwatchers Points

  • 97.5
    Points
  • 99
    PointsPlus

Good Points

  • saturated fat free,
  • low sodium,
  • sugar free

Bad Points

  • High in Sodium,
  • High in Total Fat

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