Best Red Wine Tomato Sauce Recipes

HOMEMADE TOMATO SAUCE WITH ITALIAN SAUSAGE AND RED WINE

Steps:

• Saute 1 lb. sweet italian sausage until light pink, almost done.
• Add olive oil, onion and garlic and cook on medium until soft and golden brown, about 8-10 minutes.
• Add the thyme and carrot and cook 5 minutes more, until the carrot is soft.
• Add the red wine and cook for one minute.
• Add the canned tomatoes and bring to a boil, stirring often.
• Lower the heat and simmer for 30 minutes until consistensy is thick.
• Season with salt if desired (I usually don't need to) and serve.
• You can substitute 1 tablespoon dried thyme for the fresh thyme.
• Try adding 2 cups of grated fresh zucchini at the same time as the tomatoes for a fresh summer sauce.
• Try adding one pound of fresh sliced mushrooms at the same time as the carrots.

RICH AND ZESTY RED WINE TOMATO SAUCE

Steps:

• In a large pot, sweat the chopped onions and garlic in the olive oil over med-low heat.
• Add the peeled tomatoes, crushing them with your hands one by one into smaller chunks. Be careful- they squirt all over the place! Make sure to pour in all the liquid in the cans as well. Add all ingredients except salt, cheese, and wine.
• Stir all ingredients together. Cover, and increase heat to med-high. Simmer/cook 30-40 minutes, stirring occasionally so that the sauce doesn't burn on the bottom.
• Add about 1/3 of the bottle of merlot. Add the cheese. Stir, reduce heat slightly and let that cook uncovered for another 15-20 min, stirring occasionally.
• Taste and determine if you need salt, and add to taste. For salt with a little tang, add some more cheese, if you have it. Let simmer another 15 minutes uncovered, stirring occasionally.
• During the last simmering stage, cook your pasta.
• Serve over pasta (1 ladleful is gracious plenty). Extra sauce can frozen for up to a month. To reheat, let simmer on low uncovered, stirring frequently so the sugar in the merlot doesn't burn.
• *Spicy alternative: For a spicier sauce, use shiraz in place of merlot and add 2 tsp of dried red pepper flakes.

RED WINE TOMATO SAUCE

Steps:

• 1. Heat oil in a wide skillet. Add the onions, herbs and pepper flakes and cook on medium heat, stirring frequently for 15 minutes. Add the garlic during the last few minutes. Raise the heat, add the wine and 1/2 cup water, and simmer until reduced by half, 12 to 15 minutes. Add the tomatoes and 1/2 teaspoon salt. Simmer until the sauce has thickened, about 35 minutes. Taste for salt and season with pepper 2. Variation with Olives: Finely chop 1/3 cup black olives and add, along with 1 tablespoon capers and 2 tablespoons chopped parsley and add for the last 20 minutes of cooking time.

BEEF STUFFED CABBAGE ROLLS IN A RED WINE TOMATO SAUCE RECIPE - (4/5)

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375. Cabbage: Fill a large soup pot with water. Add 12-15 large cabbage leaves. Cook for 2-3 minutes. Remove and let dry. Reserve 1 to 2 cups of the cabbage cooking water. Sauce: heat the olive oil over med-high. Add the onion, garlic and bell pepper. Cook for about 3 minutes, or until the vegetables begin to brown and soften. Remove half of the vegetables from the pan and place in a glass mixing bowl. (This is for the filling.) Back to the skillet, add the tomatoes and wine. Cook, stirring often, for 2 to 3 minutes. Add the sugar, salt, and basil. Transfer the sauce to a blender and puree until smooth. Add more cabbage water if you want a thinner sauce. (I used only 1 cup.) Pour the sauce back in the skillet to keep warm. Filling: Add the ground beef and rice to the bowl with the reserved vegetables. Add 2 T. of the finished cabbage roll sauce, hot sauce, salt and pepper. Use a fork or your clean hands to mix the filling well. Assembly: First spoon about 1/4 c. of the tomato sauce into a 5 qt dutch oven and spread it over the bottom of the pan. Place a cabbage leaf on the counter top with the inside facing up and put about 1/4 c. of the filling towards the stem end of the leaf. You will have to judge how much filling to use. Just ensure that it isn't so much that it squeezes out the side. Fold in both sides and starting with the stem end, roll the leaf around the filling. Place side-seam down in the dutch oven. repeat the process with the remaining leaves. Pour the sauce over the cabbage rolls, and cover the pot with the lid. Bake for 50-60 minutes, or until the cabbage has softened and the meat is cooked through and no longer pink.

MEATBALLS IN TOMATO, RED WINE AND BASIL SAUCE WITH FRESH PASTA

Steps:

• Heat the oil in a large, deep frying pan. Fry the meatballs until cooked all the way through. Set aside, leaving the juices and remaining oil in the pan.
• Add the chopped onion to the pan and cook for 3-4 minutes or until soft. Add the garlic and cook for another minute. Pour in the red wine and cook until reduced by half.
• Stir in the chopped tomatoes, chili and fresh basil and season generously with salt and pepper. Stir the meatballs into the sauce and cook on a moderate heat for 10 minutes.
• Cook the tagliatelle according to the packet's instructions. Spoon the meatballs and sauce over the pasta and sprinkle with Parmesan cheese to serve.

SQUID IN RED WINE AND TOMATO SAUCE

Steps:

• Heat olive oil in heavy large skillet over medium-high heat. Add onions and sauté until golden, about 7 minutes. Add squid and sauté 1 minute. Add tomatoes, wine, basil, parsley, oregano, tomato paste, and crushed red pepper. Simmer until squid is tender and sauce thickens slightly, stirring occasionally, about 5 minutes. Season to taste with salt and pepper.

TOMATO PASTA SAUCE WITH PANCETTA AND RED WINE

Steps:

• Heat the olive oil in a frying pan and fry the pancetta with the dried chilies until crisp.
• Pour in the red wine and reduce by half, before stirring in the tomato sauce and oregano.
• Season to taste, simmer for 5 minutes and serve with penne and grated Parmesan.

ANGEL HAIR WITH ROASTED VEGETABLES AND RED WINE TOMATO SAUCE

Steps:

• Mix veggies with marinade
• place with the foil wrapped garlic in a jelly roll pan (or cookie sheet) at 400 for about 45 minutes, depending how small your veggies are cut (your garlic may need longer cooking time than the veggies).
• After veggies are cooked, mash garlic with fork (or garlic press) and mix half in with the veggies and save half for the tomato sauce.
• Mix sauce ingredients in large saucepan (including roasted garlic).
• add red wine after tomatoes have cooked down a bit.
• Simmer for about 30 minutes.
• Ladle sauce over hot noodles.
• top with veggies and grated Parmesan cheese.

BEEF ROLLS IN RED WINE TOMATO SAUCE

Steps:

• Pound each piece of the beef into thin slices. Spread a little bit of the minced garlic, chopped rosemary and grated cheese over each slice. Cover this with a slice of prosciutto, and roll up into a small bundle, securing each with toothpicks.
• Heat the oil in a large skillet and brown all of the bundles well on all sides, about 3-4 minutes. Transfer to a separate dish, and add the onion, carrots, and celery to the skillet.
• Cook until the vegetables are tender. Add the wine, and cook up until it is reduced by half, scraping up the browned bits from the bottom of the skillet.
• Add the tomatoes, and season with salt and pepper. Cook over medium heat, until the sauce has begun to thicken, about 5 minutes.
• Remove the toothpicks from the bundles, and return them to the skillet. Add the fresh parsley, and cook until heated through, about 3-4 minutes.
• Serve hot with a side dish of your choice.

CALAMARI IN RED WINE AND TOMATO SAUCE

Steps:

• Separate the tentacles from the long body of the calamari, if not done already. Slice the body, or calamari tubes into rings about 1/2 to 2/3 inch thick, set aside.
• In a saucepan, combine tomato sauce, red wine, lemon juice, olive oil, garlic, black pepper, cayenne pepper, basil, and cheese. Simmer on medium low for about 30 minutes to give the alcohol in the wine time to evaporate, and all the flavors time to blend.
• Add the calamari to the sauce. Continue to slowly simmer for about another 20 - 30 minutes, stirring occasionally. Calamari is done when it is plump and more opaque. Do not cook on higher heat or for a longer period, as calamari is famous for becoming rubbery.

SQUID IN RED WINE AND TOMATO SAUCE

Steps:

• Heat EVO in large skillet, saute onions until golden brown (7 min)aDD Squid, saute 1 min. Ad tomatoes, wine, basil, parsley, oregano, tomato paste and red pepper. Simmer until squid is tender and sauce thickens, about 5 minutes.

SPICY RED WINE TOMATO SAUCE

Steps:

• If using fresh tomatoes, blanche them for a few minutes and remove peels. 1) Set stove to simmer and add smooshed tomatoes to a large saucepan. 2) Add rest of ingredients to pan, to taste. 3) Let simmer as long as you like (up to a few hours). 4) Serve over pasta, gnocchi, veggies, or anything!