Italian Tomato Sauce - cooking recipe

Ingredients

2 (8 oz.) cans tomato paste
1 qt. tomato juice
2 Tbsp. olive oil
1/4 c. chopped onion
1 small clove garlic
1/4 c. chopped celery
1 1/2 tsp. salt
1/4 tsp. nutmeg
1/2 tsp. oregano
1/8 tsp. pepper
1/4 c. Parmesan cheese
2 lb. ground beef
2 tsp. baking soda
8 oz. spaghetti

Preparation

Saute onion and celery in olive oil in large heavy pot.
During last minute of sauteing, add the minced garlic.
Add tomato juice, tomato paste, spices and cheese; simmer 1 hour, covered.
Brown ground beef and add to tomato sauce.
Simmer another 1/2 hour.
Ten minutes before you serve the sauce, add the 2 heaping teaspoonfuls of baking soda.
This will cut the acid.
I usually put baking soda in when I put the spaghetti in water to cook.
Makes about 2 quarts sauce.