Spicy Italian Sausage Marinara Pasta
Spicy Italian Sausage Marinara Pasta that I truly believe is easy to make and has a little kick to it!
Ingredients
- one 15 ounce can tomato sauce
- one 28 ounce can diced tomatoes
- 3 tablespoonstomato paste
- ½ cupdry white wine
- ½ cupchicken broth
- 12roughly chopped garlic cloves
- 3 teaspoonsgarlic powder
- 2 teaspoonsonion powder
- 3 tablespoonsdried basil leaves
- 1 ½ tablespoonsdried oregano leaves
- 1 teaspoonsugar ((i used pure cane sugar))
- salt and pepper to taste
- 12 ouncespenne pasta
- 1 poundground spicy italian sausage
- 5spicy italian sausage links
- freshly shredded aged asiago cheese ((optional for garnish))
Directions
- 1
Start by making the sauce. Place all of the ingredients except for the pasta, sausage, and 1/2 of the can of diced tomatoes in a large pot. Use a handheld blender to blend the sauce to a smooth consistency. Once the sauce is blended well, add the reserved 1/2 can of diced tomatoes into the sauce. Stir, then salt and pepper the sauce to taste.
- 2
Bring the sauce to a boil, then reduce heat. Cover the pan and cook the sauce on low for 30 minutes.
- 3
While the sauce cooks, brown the ground sausage in a pan for 4 to 5 minutes or until the sausage has cooked through using medium heat. Remove the cooked sausage from the pan. Drain the excess grease from the cooked sausage by placing the sausage on a plate lined with paper towels.
- 4
Add the sausage links to the same pan you used to brown the ground sausage. Brown the sausage on each side cooking the sausage for about 4 to 5 minutes. Remove the sausage from the pan and slice the sausages.
- 5
After browning sausages, cook the pasta according to the pasta's box directions.
- 6
After cooking the sauce for 30 minutes. Add the cooked sausages to the sauce and cook the sauce for about another 10 to 15 minutes.
- 7
Serve this pasta with the shredded Asiago Cheese as a garnish for a additional layer of great flavors.