Hearty Meat Sauce!

I come from an Italian background with family members who put "Ragu" or "Prego" to shame! This is my personal adaptation of a family sauce, the true true recipe is top secret ;)  hopefully you can alter it and enjoy it with your family :) I recommend angel hair pasta, that's my favorite but of course you can use your favorite kind of pasta!

in it's lovely finished form, serves about 4!

Ingredients:
(normally when I make this I eyeball just about everything, all measurements are estimates)

~ 22 oz  Hunt's tomato sauce (about 1.5 cans)
- 1 pound ground beef (I like it about 90% lean and 10% fat)
- 1/2 pack angel hair pasta (about 8oz)
- Parmesan cheese (as much as you'd like, to taste)
~ 3 tbsp water
~ 4 tbsp olive oil
~ 1/4 tsp salt
~ 1 tsp of ground black pepper (some may prefer white pepper, both work)
~ 1 tsp granulated garlic
~ 1 tbsp ground Spanish paprika
~ 1 1/2 tsp oregano
~ 1 1/2 tsp basil
~ 1 tsp sugar (very key ingredient!)

Those are the best measurement I could really do, remember you can season to taste until you really enjoy it!

Directions:

1. bring a pot of give or take about 6 cups of water to boil, when the water begins to boil pour in the pasta and 2 tbsp of the olive oil into the pot, leave uncovered and stir occasionally

2. Brown the ground beef in a large sauce pan (the sauce will be thrown in) and season it with just a bit of salt, pepper, and a bit of garlic. When the meat is cooked (make sure it's well done, it's very hazardous to eat even medium well ground beef).

3. Open the can of sauce and stir into the beef at about medium heat, when it begins to almost boil stir in all spices, water and the remaining 2 tbsp of the olive oil. Keep the pot on medium heat and stir occasionally

4. Once the pasta is cooked al dente (firm to the bite when tasted) carefully drain the pasta and pour into a serving dish and  just pour the sauce over the pasta. Top off with some shredded Parmesan cheese to your liking and serve, don't forget the garlic bread!

Hope you enjoyed this recipe, comment and let me know how you like it! :)