Classic Tomato Meat Sauce with Linguine is simple, homemade and delicious. Linguine is tossed wit a ground beef ragu and is one of my favorite meat sauce recipes!
Course Mains & Entrees
Cuisine American-Italian
Keyword beef, linguine, meat sauce, pasta
Prep Time 15 minutesmins
Cook Time 35 minutesmins
Additional Time 10 minutesmins
Total Time 1 hourhr
Servings 8servings
Calories 223
Author Laurie McNamara
Ingredients
1tablespoonolive oil
1largelarge shallotdiced
3clovesgarlicminced
1poundground chuck or sirloin
2tablespoonsred winelike merlot, cabernet or anything in your fridge!
28ouncescrushed tomatoes
15ouncetomato sauce
1/2teaspoonkosher saltplus more to taste
1/4teaspoonblack pepperfreshly ground, more or less to taste
1pinchred pepper flakes
3/4poundlinguinedried pasta
1/4cupfresh basiltorn, for serving
Instructions
Heat olive oil in a large pan over medium heat.
Add diced shallots and cook until soft and translucent.
Next add diced garlic and cook for one minute.
To that, add ground chuck and cook until browned. Season the meat with salt, pepper and red pepper flakes.
Add the can of crushed tomatoes and tomato sauce. Add a splash of red wine, stir, cover and reduce heat to low for about 15-20 minutes (at least).
Mean while, bring a large pot of salted water to a boil. When the water has reached a boil, add the one pound of pasta and some olive oil and cook as directed on the box.
Drain the pasta and toss with the sauce when finished.
Serve with freshly grated parmesan and garlic toast.