Ziti with Meat Sauce

Ziti with Meat Sauce

Ingredients:
1 Box of Ziti pasta
1 lb. ground round (known as hamburger meat or ground beef)

 2 (14.5 ounce) cans stewed tomatoes

 1 (6 ounce) can tomato paste

 4 tablespoons chopped fresh parsley

 1 clove garlic, minced

 1 teaspoon dried oregano

1 teaspoon of dried basil

 1 teaspoon salt

 1/4 teaspoon ground black pepper

 6 tablespoons olive oil

 1/3 cup finely diced onion

1 tablespoon of sugar

 1/2 cup red wine

Directions

Cook Ziti according to directions.

In a skillet, brown the ground round meat until completely cooked. Drain and set aside. 

Using your food processor place tomatoes, tomato paste, chopped parsley, minced garlic, oregano, sugar, salt, and pepper, and puree all ingredients.

In a large skillet, over medium, heat sauté the chopped onion in olive oil for a minute or two, or until slightly translucent.  Add tomato puree and red wine and simmer for 45 minutes, stirring occasionally. Be sure to taste it every so often to ensure the taste is to your liking. Don't be afraid to add a little more garlic, oregano or basil to the mix.  Add cooked meat to sauce and let simmer on low heat for 10 minutes. 

Serve hot ziti in large serving bowl topped with sauce and meat. Enjoy.