World's Best Pasta Sauce

1 pound sweet Italian sausage

sliced

¾ pound lean ground beef

½ cup minced onion

2 cloves garlic

crushed

1 (28 ounce) can crushed tomatoes

2 (6 ounce) cans tomato paste

2 (6.5 ounce) cans tomato sauce

½ cup water

2 tablespoons white sugar

1 ½ teaspoons dried basil

½ teaspoon fennel seed

1 teaspoon Italian seasoning

½ teaspoon salt

¼ teaspoon ground black pepper