Pasta with Hot Sausage Sauce

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  • Prep: 15 mins
  • Cook: 45 mins
  • Ready in: 1 hr.
  • Serves:

Ingredients

  • 1 pound hot Italian sausage, casings removed
  • 2/3 cup red onion, diced
  • 3 cloves garlic, minced
  • 1 tablespoon minced capers
  • 1 (28 ounce) can whole peeled tomatoes, mashed, liquid reserved
  • 1 (14.5 ounce) can crushed tomatoes
  • 1 (8 ounce) can tomato sauce
  • 1/2 cup red wine
  • 1 teaspoon dried basil
  • 1 teaspoon dried parsley
  • 1/2 teaspoon dried oregano
  • 1/4 teaspoon crushed red pepper
  • 1/4 teaspoon ground black pepper
  • salt to taste
  • 1 (16 ounce) package dry ziti pasta
  • 1/2 cup grated Romano cheese

Cooking Instructions

In a skillet over medium heat, cook the sausage until evenly brown.

Mix the red onion, garlic, and capers into the skillet, and cook until onion is tender. Mix in the mashed whole tomatoes, crushed tomatoes, tomato sauce, and red wine. Season with basil, parsley, oregano, red pepper, black pepper, and salt. Bring to a boil, and reduce heat to low. Simmer 45 minutes, stirring occasionally, until thickened.

Bring a large pot of lightly salted water to a boil. Place the ziti in the pot, cook 10 minutes, until al dente, and drain.

Serve the sauce mixture over the cooked pasta. Top with Romano cheese.

Nutritional Information per Serving

  calories 418cal  total fat 13g  cholesterol 38mg  sodium 915mg  carbohydrates 53g  fiber 5g     

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This recipe has been added to the following public cookbooks:
Michele's cooking, dads italian cookbook, My Favorite Recipes, MEAL DEALS, Weekly family dinners

Recent Reviews

Recent Reviews
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Jnexusxy
03/04/08 06:37 PM
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Pasta with Hot Sausage Sauce

really good but if you really want to kick it up just add more hot sausage to it with a dash more pepper
Memak1
05/20/07 12:00 AM
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Zitti with night sauce

Just make the sauce the night before !!
KIENTZ6
05/11/07 12:00 AM
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Pasta with Hot Sausage and Peppers

I found the recipe to be a tad tame. By adding a Hot pepper or two and a dunk of garlic things seemed to perk up enough that my friends for seconds.

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