Slow-Cooker Beef-Sausage Meatballs and Marinara

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Appears in Cook's Country August/September 2009, Cook's Country TV

The meatballs crumbled. The sauce lost its savor. A favorite dinner fell very short. Aren't slow cookers supposed to simplify things?

SERVES 6

TIME 4 to 5 hours on low

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WHY THIS RECIPE WORKS

Since we were preparing a slow-cooker recipe, we needed a way to infuse the sauce for our Slow-Cooker Meatballs and Marinara with the depth it usually gets from an hour-long simmer on the stove. Sautéing tomato paste, onions, and garlic bef...

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