Café Di Napoli Spaghetti Sauce

(from Rufus’s recipe box)

An old fashioned recipe from a Minneapolis restaurant that opened in 1938 and closed in 2005. It was where I learned to “twirl” my pasta back in the ’50’s.

Source: Café Di Napoli (from RecipeThing user SallyV)

Prep time: 15 minutes
Cook time: 90 minutes

Categories: Pasta

Ingredients

  • 1/4 C. oil
  • 1 onion, chopped
  • 2 cloves garlic
  • 1 lb. ground beef
  • 2 (6oz) cans tomato paste
  • 5-1/2 C. water
  • 2 t. salt
  • 1/2 t. pepper
  • 1-1/2 t. sugar
  • 1 bay leaf

Directions

  1. Sauté the onion and garlic in oil until translucent. Add beef and cook until done. Add remaining ingredients and simmer 1½ hours stirring occasionally.

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