Mama's Spaghetti Sauce With Italian Sausage

Submitted by Chocolatl

"From Dom DeLuise. This can be actually be served without pasta. Some recommended pastas are ziti, rigatoni, ravioli, and angel hair. Use hot or sweet sausages, or a combination, your choice. Add a couple more mushrooms if you like them."

 

• Ready In: 1hr 20mins
• Ingredients: 13
• Serves: 6-8

ingredients

• 1 1⁄2 lbs Italian sausage
• 1⁄4 cup hot water
• 10 fresh mushrooms, sliced
• 1 carrot, diced
• 1 onion, minced
• 2 tablespoons olive oil
• 2 (28 ounce) cans ready-cut peeled tomatoes
• 1 (6 ounce) can tomato paste
• 1 cup dry red wine
• 3 tablespoons fresh parsley, chopped
• 1 teaspoon basil
• 1⁄2 teaspoon oregano
• fresh ground black pepper

directions

1. Place sausage in a skillet. Add hot water, cover, and cook for 10 minutes.
2. Remove sausages and separate links if necessary. Discard drippings.
3. In a large Dutch Oven, saute mushrooms, carrot and onion just until al dente.
4. Add sausages.
5. Add remaining ingredients. Cover and simmer 1 hour, or until thickened, stirring occasionally.
6. Serve over pasta, or by itself with hot crusty bread.

Reviews

[breezermom]

We loved this! Nice and thick and hearty! The only thing I added was garlic.....just can't make spaghetti sauce without it. Made for Culinary Quest Summer 2014.

 

[Outta Here]

Made a very thick, tomato-y sauce. I might add some garlic next time. But loved using the sausage instead of ground beef. I used Sweet Italian turkey sausages.

 

[queenbeatrice]

Very nice sauce. I followed instructions as listed except for removing sausage from casings to cook. This turned out lovely, I'm so happy I tried this. Thanks for sharing this recipe. Made for Kittencalskitchen Forum European Tag Game.

 

[waynejohn1234]

Excellent recipe which will go in my files for sure. Thanks for submitting. Great balance of flavors.