Recipe: Meat Sauce (Mueller's Macaroni, 1937)

MUELLER'S MEAT SAUCE

1 pound beef or veal
1/2 cup olive oil
1 clove garlic
1 green bell pepper, chopped
1 onion, chopped
1 quart canned tomatoes, strained
3/4 can tomato paste
2 teaspoons salt
1 tablespoon sugar
2 cups boiling water

Chop meat or cut in small pieces and cook in oil with garlic, green pepper and onion about 5 minutes, until light brown.

Add strained tomatoes, tomato paste, salt and sugar. Let simmer one and a half hours, add water, stirring occasionally to prevent sticking to the pan.

Serve over spaghetti with grated cheese.

Source:
Recipe Booklet - Magic Menus with Mueller's Macaroni Products, C.F. Mueller Co., 1937