This sauce is an answer to when I started cooking for my family: I would brown a pound of ground meat and pour in a jar of prepared sauce and call it good.
This sauce can be tailored to your individual likes: mild, sweet or spicy sausage. I do find that working with bulk sausage is easier in a pinch as opposed to links that have to be forced out of their skins.
I prefer “Muir Glen No Salt Added” diced tomatoes because they are organic and are the closest thing to tomatoes only. The tomato paste gives this sauce that “dining out” taste.
This recipe can also be adapted to using fresh tomatoes, which is one of my favorite ways of enjoying this recipe.
Serve over spaghetti cooked al dente with a green salad.
Thirty Minute Pasta Sauce
Serves 8 (think leftovers and lunches)
Ingredients:
2 Tablespoons Olive Oil
1 medium onion coarsely chopped
1 pound Italian sausage
1 glass white wine
2 cans diced tomatoes
1 can tomato paste (8 ounce)
Directions:
- Pour olive oil in a sauce pan and turn heat to medium. Add the onion and sauté for a few minutes until it becomes translucent.
- Add the sausage and break apart with a cooking spoon or a potato masher.
- When the meat mixture has turned pink, add the wine and turn the heat to high, continue stirring until you hear the “sizzle” change.
- Add the diced tomatoes and the tomato paste and turn the heat to medium low and continue to simmer until the pasta is cooked.
