Dave's meat sauce

THIS ENTIRE RECIPE MAKE 2 BIG POTS SO BE PREPARED TO FREEZE

MEATBALLS

makes 30 meatballs

Heat oven to 300 degrees
Remove the sausage casing
In a really big bowl or pot mix the hamburger and sausage together with the 2 eggs and bread crumbs (smoosh really well)
Add the onion and pepper and minced garlic into the mix. You have to see what seems too much or too little too much will make the meatballs’ fall apart
Now smoosh the onions and peppers into the meat, it should be an even blend
Pat down the mix to make it flat on top
Now add salt then pepper, don't go too heavy here as these can be adjusted at the table
Sprinkle parsley until the top of the mix is green
Add a pinch of oregano, if you like it (Niels: who doesn't like oregano!?)
Now sprinkle the cheese on top so you only see the cheese like snow on grass
Resmoosh, making it even
Roll into golf-sized balls
Place the balls on greased or sprayed pans and cook for about 20 minutes or until they can be handled without falling apart
You want the meatballs to cook in the sauce

6 Italian Sausages (minimum)
4- 29 oz. cans of any good brand of tomato sauce
4-12 oz. cans of diced tomato
2-8 oz. cans of paste
1-29 oz can of water (the is for adjusting the consistency)
2-bell peppers (chop fine)
1-tablespoon minced garlic
2-med onions (chop fine)
Extra virgin olive oil (shouldn’t burn the pot)
Parsley
Oregano (up to you: some people love it; I think it can taste like licorice, so I try to limit it)
Salt
Pepper
Parmesan
Romano
2 bay leafs
½-teaspoon of sugar

To the bottom of the pot add a layer of olive oil (Medium heat)
Brown the sausage, you can cook as many as you like.
The more you cook the bigger the pot!
Remove the sausage and set aside
Lower the heat
Add pepper, onion and minced garlic heat and stir until the onion yellows, don’t burn.
Turn off the heat and, add the cans of tomato (stir until the consistency is even)
Add water as needed
Now add the remaining ingredients as you did on the meatball mix
Stir it all together
Now take 4 or 5 small containers and put about 1 tablespoon in each. This is where you adjust the flavor, use you best judgment then make the changes to suit your families taste. Some people like thyme some like basil some like Mexican flavors so this is where you can experiment. After you make the adjustments, put in the sausage and meatballs and simmer for the day. Don’t cook overnight, the bottom of the pot will burn**.