Beef Stew and my fav tomato sauce recipe

This marries my favourite tomato sauce recipe found at

http://www.seriouseats.com/recipes/2014/09/the-best-slow-cooked-italian-american-tomato-sauce-red-sauce-recipe.html

With beef.

essentially, brown some bacon. Take out the bacon, then brown the beef. Then for the rest of the way, use the tomato sauce recipe. I also added a cup of syrah (may not have been necessary).