Aunt Teri's Super Secret Spaghetti Sauce

Photo: Teri Davis Newman

Ingredients

1 pound to 1.5 ground beef

15 ounces cans any cheap tomato sauce

6 ounces can tomato paste

1 teaspoon Basil

2 teaspoons garlic powder

1 tablespoon Italian Seasoning blend (Spice Islands)

1 bay leaf

2 teaspoons fennel seed

1/4 cup sugar (trust me)

1 teaspoon accent

crushed red pepper (for hot and spicy, optional)

Brown the beef, add the rest of the stuff, bring to a bo

cool, boil. When ready to serve, cook you favorite pasta shape according to the directions on the box. R

Preparation

Brown the beef.

Add the rest of the stuff.

Bring to a boil.

Cool until ready to serve (trust me--this "ages" the sauce)

When ready to serve, cook you favorite pasta shape according to

The directions on the box. Reheat the sauce and ladle over the cooked drained pasta.

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I first started playing with this recipe when I was 10 years old. I'm now 50 and I perfected it when I was about 24 and have been serving it for 40 years to raves and pleadings for the recipe which I have always been happy to share. I've never understood why people won't share a recipe. A shared recipe lives forever, a hoarded one dies with you.