Spaghetti Sauce, Inspired by Olive Garden
By Gloria Pitzer, as seen in her self-published cookbook, The Great Imitator’s Cookbook (Secret Recipes, Marysville, MI; Oct. 1999, p. 22)
Ingredients:
2-lbs. ground round
2 TB oil
14-oz. can stewed tomatoes, cut up
6-oz. can V-8 juice
1-lb. jar Prego [Traditional] Spaghetti Sauce
1 envelope onion soup mix
1/2 cup grape jelly
Instructions:
In a heavy, medium-size sauce pan, on medium heat, brown the ground round in the oil. until all the pink color disappears, crumbling it to rice-size bits with the tines of a fork. Stir in remaining ingredients as listed. Continue cooking, stirring often, 15-20 minutes – or until jelly has melted and sauce is piping hot. Sufficient for 1-lb. pasta, cooked. Serves 4 to 6.
