Papa Leone's Homemade Sauce and Meatballs

By kjs1010

Ingredients

• Sauce:
• 1 Tbs olive oil
• 1 medium onion
• 1 bulb garlic
• 1 green pepper
• 2-4oz cans mushrooms
• 66 oz tomato sauce
• 36 oz tomato paste
• 32 oz (4 cups) water
• 8 oz red wine
• 1-28 oz Cento chefs cut tomatos
• 1-28 oz Cento all purpose crushed tomatoes
• 2 bay leaves
• 2 Tbs garlic powder
• 1 Tbs sugar
• 3 tsp parsley
• 4 Tbs oregano
• 3 tsp italian seasoning
• 1 1/2 tsp salt
• 1 tsp pepper
• Meatballs-makes 40-46:
• 3 pounds hamburger
• 10 eggs
• 2-8 oz cups bread crumbs
• 1/3 c Fresh parsley
• 6 oz grated parmesan cheese

Preparation

Step 1

Sauce:
Dice onion, garlic, green pepper. Cover bottom of large pan with oil and saute. Add mushrooms and remaining ingredients including seasonings. Cover and simmer for 3-4 hours.

Meatballs:
Mix all ingredients together and form into golf ball size meatballs. Add meatballs to sauce, top with 6 oz parmesan cheese. Continue cooking for remainder of the 3-4 hours.

Makes about 5 containers of 3 cups sauce and 7 meatballs and 1 extra bag of meatballs