SPAGHETTI WITH TOMATO AND SAUSAGE SAUCE

Spaghetti with Tomato and Sausage Sauce image

The longer you cook the sauce, the better it tastes!

Provided by Melinda

Categories Main Dish Recipes Pasta Spaghetti Recipes

Time 3h45m

Yield 16

Number Of Ingredients 15

Ingredients

1 pound beef sausage
1 onion, minced
2 cups fresh sliced mushrooms
¼ cup olive oil
2 (6 ounce) cans tomato paste
1 (46 fluid ounce) can tomato juice
1 (16 ounce) can crushed tomatoes
1 cup Burgundy wine
1 ½ tablespoons dried oregano
1 tablespoon dried basil
2 tablespoons dried parsley
1 tablespoon minced garlic
2 tablespoons garlic salt
½ cup white sugar
2 pounds spaghetti

Steps:

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Cook sausage for 30 minutes. Cut into bite sized pieces, and set aside.
In a Dutch oven, saute onion and mushrooms in olive oil until tender. Remove with slotted spoon, and set aside. Stir into Dutch oven: tomato paste, tomato juice, Italian tomatoes, and wine. Stir until smooth. Mix in oregano, basil, parsley, garlic, garlic salt, and sugar. Return sausage and onion and mushroom saute to sauce. Bring to a boil. Reduce heat, and simmer for at least 3 hours. Cover pot if sauce becomes too thick.
Cook pasta according to package directions. Drain. Serve sauce over pasta.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 415.1 calories, Carbohydrate 61.1 g, Cholesterol 19 mg, Fat 12.2 g, Fiber 4.1 g, Protein 14 g, SaturatedFat 3.9 g, Sodium 1427.8 mg, Sugar 13.8 g