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For Cindi in Nebraska: When I first started with Nancy?s Kitchen in 2006, I submitted a spaghetti sauce recipe called ?The Best Spaghetti Sauce You Ever Ate? (not my title). It got rave reviews at the time. The recipe has finely chopped bread and butter pickles in it (don?t knock it until you try it). The pickles give the sauce a slightly sweet taste. I?ll submit it again for those of you who are new to the column.
Doris in Oklahoma City

This spaghetti sauce is remarkably good - and it is sweet. It is also different from any you've ever made, as the secret ingredient is bread & butter pickles. Don't knock it until you've tried it; everyone who eats it loves it as much as my family.

The Best Spaghetti Sauce You'll Ever Eat!

1-1/2 lbs. ground beef
1 T. olive oil
1-1/2 c. chopped onion
1 clove garlic, minced
1 T. flour
1 c. bread and butter pickles, chopped fine (measure after chopping)
2 (14.5 oz) cans diced tomatoes
6 oz. tomato paste
1 t. salt
2 t. oregano
2 t. basil
1/4 t. pepper
1/4 c. red wine (optional)

Brown ground beef and onion in oil. Add chopped garlic and fry a minute longer. Add remaining ingredients and simmer, covered, about 1 hour, stirring occasionally. Uncover and cook 15 minutes more to thicken. Serve over hot spaghetti.

You'll be sorry if you leave the pickles out of this. They are the secret that makes this the best spaghetti sauce you'll ever eat!
Doris in Oklahoma City

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