Spicy Meat Sauce
Author: recipes from The Meatball Shop Cookbook by Daniel Holzman & Michael Chernow
- 2 tablespoons olive oil
- 1 large onion finely diced
- 1 lb ground pork preferably shoulder
- 2 teaspoons crushed red pepper flakes
- 2 teaspoons salt - or to taste
- 2 tablespoons tomato paste
- 2 26- ounce boxes of Pomi chopped tomatoes or 2 28-ounce cans whole plum tomatoes roughly chopped with liquid
- garnish chopped parsley and grated Parmesan cheese
Heat olive oil in a large heavy pot over medium heat. add onions and cook until soft. Add ground pork, red pepper flakes and salt. Cook until meat is cooked through, stir continuously.
Add tomato paste, stir and cook for about 5 minutes.
Add tomatoes and stir until sauce begins to boil.
Cook for another 35 minutes. Stir every 5 minutes or so to make sure sauce doesn't doesn't burn bottom of pot.
