Meatball Sauce

Ingredients

SAUCE

• 4 garlic cloves, chopped
• 3 (29 ounce) cans Italian-style tomato sauce
• 4 (6 ounce) cans Italian-style tomato paste
• 1 Tablespoon chopped fresh parsley (one teaspoon dry parsley may be substituted)
• 1 Tablespoon chopped fresh basil (one teaspoon dry basil may be substituted)

MEATBALLS

• 2 lbs ground beef
• 1 lb ground pork
• 1 cup dry Italian style breadcrumbs
• 1 cup grated parmesan cheese
• 1 teaspoon garlic powder
• 1 Tablespoon chopped fresh parsley (one teaspoon dry parsley may be substituted)

Directions

1. Take a heavy sauce pan and add the garlic, tomato sauce, tomato paste, parsley and basil.
2. Bring to a boil over medium heat then turn down the heat and simmer.
3. Mix the ground beef, ground pork, bread crumbs, Parmesan cheese, garlic powder and parsley together in a bowl then shape into 1 1/2 inch balls .
4. This should make about 40 meat balls.
5. In a large frying pan, fry meatballs in hot oil until browned.
6. Simmer the sauce and the meat balls over low heat for about four hours.