SLOW COOKER PASTA SAUCE WITH ITALIAN SAUSAGE

SLOW COOKER PASTA SAUCE WITH ITALIAN SAUSAGE image

Yield Makes 5 servings.

Number Of Ingredients 12

1 (29oz) can crushed tomatoes
1 (11.5oz) can tomato juice, (not vegetable juice)
1 (10oz), can tomato paste
1 1/2 cups wine
3 tablespoons minced garlic
3 tablespoons italian seasoning.
3 tablespoons dried basil
2 tablespoons dried parsley
1/4 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
1 pound pkg frozen italian sausage, sweet or hot
1 pound box penne pasta
Freshly grated parmesan or romano

Steps:

In a 3 quart or larger crock pot add all ingredients up to sausage and stir to combine. add frozen sausage and submerge in sauce. Cook on medium for eight hours. At the end of cooking time, do not disturb the sauce until you have skimmed off the excess oil from the sausages. Aproximately 30 minutes before dinner time bring large pot of water to a boil and cook penne according to package directions. Drain and stir two ladles of sauce into pasta to keep from sticking. Serve a bowl of pasta with one sausage and as much sauce as desired over the top. Sprinkle with cheese.