Tomato Sausage Sauce Recipes

ITALIAN SAUSAGE TOMATO SAUCE RECIPE

Steps:

• In a saucepan, heat 2 tablespoons of the olive oil over medium heat.
• Add the onions, and cook 4-5 minutes until they are soft and golden.
• Add the bell peppers, garlic, bay leaf, crushed red pepper, dried parsley, salt, and black pepper.
• Cook everything for about 3 minutes. Remove the bay leaf, and set aside.
• Add the 2 cans of whole tomatoes including the juice. With a hand blender, crush the tomatoes. Be careful not to blend the tomatoes too much. You should leave a few chunks of tomatoes in the sauce.
• Add the brown sugar and water. Cook for more 3 minutes.
• Return the bay leaf to the pan.
• Add the pesto, and cover the pan. Once it boils, lower the heat to maintain a low simmer.
• Don't forget to stir occasionally.
• Meanwhile in a skillet, heat the remaining 1 tablespoon of olive oil.
• Add the Italian sausages, and sauté until they become brown on the outside but still raw inside.
• Cut the Italian sausages into three pieces each, and add to the tomato sauce. Cook on low heat for about 1½ hours. You can also cook the sauce for longer (3-4 hours) if you have the time.
• Before serving, remove the bay leaf. Serve it over spaghetti or zucchini noodles.

HOT AND SWEET ITALIAN SAUSAGES IN TOMATO SAUCE

Steps:

• In a large saute pan or pot, cook the sausage over medium-high heat until the fat is rendered and the sausages start to brown, about 5 minutes. Remove with a slotted spoon and drain on paper towels. Remove all but 2 tablespoons of fat from the pan.
• To the fat remaining in the pan, add the onions and garlic and cook, stirring, over medium-high heat until soft, about 3 minutes. Add the fennel seeds, salt, and red pepper, and cook, stirring, until fragrant, 20 to 30 seconds. Add the tomatoes and their juice, the tomato paste, oregano, and cooked sausage and cook, stirring, until thick and fragrant, 20 to 25 minutes. Remove from the heat and adjust the seasoning, to taste.
• Meanwhile, in a pot of salted water, cook the pasta until al dente. Drain and toss in the pot with the sauce. Stir in the ricotta salata and basil. Serve immediately and garnish with Parmesan cheese at the table.

SPAGHETTI WITH TOMATO AND SAUSAGE SAUCE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Cook sausage for 30 minutes. Cut into bite sized pieces, and set aside.
• In a Dutch oven, saute onion and mushrooms in olive oil until tender. Remove with slotted spoon, and set aside. Stir into Dutch oven: tomato paste, tomato juice, Italian tomatoes, and wine. Stir until smooth. Mix in oregano, basil, parsley, garlic, garlic salt, and sugar. Return sausage and onion and mushroom saute to sauce. Bring to a boil. Reduce heat, and simmer for at least 3 hours. Cover pot if sauce becomes too thick.
• Cook pasta according to package directions. Drain. Serve sauce over pasta.

TOMATO-SAUSAGE SAUCE

Steps:

• Heat oil in heavy large pot over medium-high heat. Add sausages, onion, and garlic. Sauté until onion begins to color, about 10 minutes. Add crushed tomatoes and herbs and bring sauce to boil. Reduce heat to medium-low, cover, and simmer until flavors blend and sausages are cooked through, stirring often, about 30 minutes. Season with salt and pepper. Slice sausages thinly, if desired.

ITALIAN SAUSAGE IN TOMATO SAUCE

Steps:

• Saute Italian sausage for a few minutes in olive oil - just long enough to seal it or firm it up.
• Remove sausage and let cool.
• Cut into bite-size pieces.
• Mix the rest of the ingredients in the skillet.
• Bring to a boil.
• Add sausage and cook for 1 hour on low heat.
• Serve as a hot appetizer.
• You may wish to be cautious with the wine at first.
• Some may find 1 cup too much.

CHUNKY SAUSAGE & TOMATO PASTA

Steps:

• Heat the olive oil in a heavy-based pan (preferably not non-stick) and add the sausages. Fry for about 8 mins until golden and cooked through. Tip in the garlic and fry for 1 min. Pour in the white wine and boil until it has reduced by half.
• Stir in the tomato purée and tomatoes, and season to taste. Simmer for 15 mins until the sauce is rich and thick.
• While the sauce cooks, boil the pasta according to pack instructions and drain. Stir in the basil if using, and cooked pasta into the sauce, then serve in bowls with grated or shaved Parmesan.