Spicy Italian Sausage Marinara Pasta

• Meat

  • 1 lb Italian sausage, ground spicy
  • 5 Italian sausage, spicy links

• Produce

  • 3 tbsp Basil, dried leaves
  • 12 Garlic cloves
  • 3 tsp Garlic powder
  • 2 tsp Onion powder
  • 1 1/2 tbsp Oregano, dried leaves
  • 1 28 ounce can Tomatoes

• Canned Goods

  • 1/2 cup Chicken broth
  • 3 tbsp Tomato paste

• Condiments

  • 1 15 ounce can Tomato sauce

• Pasta & Grains

  • 12 oz Penne pasta

• Baking & Spices

  • 1 Salt and pepper
  • 1 tsp Sugar

• Dairy

  • 1 Asiago cheese, Aged

• Beer, Wine & Liquor

  • 1/2 cup White wine, dry

Found on savoryspicerack.com

Description

Ingredients

• One 15 ounce can tomato sauce
• One 28 ounce can diced tomatoes
• 3 tablespoons tomato paste
• ½ cup dry white wine
• ½ cup chicken broth
• 12 roughly chopped garlic cloves
• 3 teaspoons garlic powder
• 2 teaspoons onion powder
• 3 tablespoons dried basil leaves
• 1 and ½ tablespoons dried oregano leaves
• 1 teaspoon sugar (I used pure cane sugar)
• Salt and Pepper to taste
• 12 ounces Penne Pasta
• 1 pound ground spicy Italian Sausage
• 5 spicy Italian Sausage Links
• Freshly Shredded Aged Asiago Cheese (optional for garnish)

Directions

• Start by making the sauce. Place all of the ingredients except for the pasta, sausage, and ½ 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 ½ can of diced tomatoes into the sauce. Stir, then salt and pepper the sauce to taste.
• Bring the sauce to a boil, then reduce heat. Cover the pan and cook the sauce on low for 30 minutes.
• 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.
• 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.
• After browning sausages, cook the pasta according to the pastas box directions.
• 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.
• Serve this pasta with the shredded Asiago Cheese as a garnish for a additional layer of great flavors.