It is not easy but I get Madeline to come inside and head straight for the kitchen and the freezer. I know just what I am looking for and as always I know the hot Italian sausage is there but I don't see it, instead I pull out ground beef figuring that will work just as well and out tumbles the sausage ok I use them both.
I unwrap the the beef put it on a plate and cover it with paper towel and place it in the microwave on defrost for 8 minutes.I preheat the oven to 400 and put the frozen sausage on a baking sheet and place it in the oven to cook for the next hour.
While the sausage is in the oven and Madeline is talking to her collection of horses I brown the ground beef in my cast iron skillet,I season the meat with pepper,onion powder,garlic powder,basil and oregano. Once the beef is just browned I added 1/2 an onion sliced ruffly, I had some tomatoes that were extremely ripe I cut them up and threw them in the pan lowered the heat and covered the pan. Letting that cook for about 15 minutes I joined Madeline in her conversation with her horses.
Once the tomatoes were cooked down I added a can of crushed tomatoes and my spices. Along with the normal salt,pepper, sugar,oregano and basil I added ground cloves,nutmeg and allspice. about 1/8 tsp or less I didn't want to over power the sauce. This was cooked uncovered until it began to bubble up then I covered it and let it simmer for the rest of the hour.
All that was left to do was make the pasta when Bill got home and serve.
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