Spaghetti Sauce

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Ingredients

• 1 - 28 oz. can crushed tomatoes
• 3 - 25 oz. jars tomato sauce or pasta sauce
• 1 lb. ground pork or mild pork sausage
• ⅛ cup (= 1 coffee measure) Italian seasoning if using ground pork
• 3 lbs. ground beef
• 1¼ cups stock or broth (beef, vegetable, or chicken)
• 1 oz. Worcestershire sauce
• 2 teaspoons sugar
• 1 tablespoon minced garlic (about 3 cloves)
• 4 small or 3 large bay leaves

Instructions

Combine the sauce and crushed tomatoes in a stock pot or large crock pot.

Add the stock, Worcestershire sauce, sugar, garlic, and bay leaves.  Bring to a simmer.

Brown all the meat in a small amount of olive oil.  Break into small pieces.  If using ground pork, add the Italian seasoning to the meat as you brown it.  Add the browned meat to the sauce.

Simmer for a minimum of 4 hours.

Skim off excess fat.

Remove bay leaves.

Serve and enjoy!