Spaghetti with Italian Sausage and Fire Roasted Tomato Sauce
This is an all-time favorite spaghetti sauce, taken to the next level with Italian sausage and fire roasted tomatoes. Feed this one to the serious spaghetti eaters in your life.
Servings: 4 -6
Ingredients
- 1 pound ground Italian sausage
- 1 onion, diced
- 2 cloves garlic, minced
- 2 (14.5 ounce) cans fire roasted diced tomatoes
- 1 (8 ounce) can tomato sauce
- 1 tablespoon finely chopped fresh basil or 1 teaspoon dried basil
- 2-3 teaspoons finely chopped fresh oregano or 1 teaspoon dried oregano
- 3 tablespoons chopped fresh parsley or 1 tablespoon dried parsley
- 1/2 teaspoon garlic powder
- 1/2 teaspoon onion powder
- red pepper flakes, optional
- salt and pepper, to taste
- 1/2 pound spaghetti noodles
Instructions
- Cook the sausage, onion, and garlic together in a deep frying pan or a saucepan. If you choose to use red pepper flakes, add them while cooking the sausage. (I add just a light sprinkle.) Drain fat.
- Add the diced tomatoes, tomato sauce, basil, oregano, parsley, garlic powder, and onion powder. Stir and bring to a simmer over medium heat. Cover and simmer 30 minutes, stirring as needed.
- While the sauce is simmering prepare the spaghetti noodles according to package directions.
- Top the pasta with the sauce. Sprinkle with Parmesan cheese if desired.
Notes
- If you wish, you can also use fresh herbs INSTEAD of the dried herbs. You need approximately 3 times as much fresh herbs as you do dried herbs. The measurements for the fresh herbs would be: 1 tablespoon basil, 1 tablespoon oregano, 3 tablespoons parsley.
- This sauce is very easy to put together and it only cooks for about 30 minutes.