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Spaghetti & Italian Sausage

If happy had a taste it would be this meal.  The home-made tomato sauce is easy to make.  An easy, inexpensive and delicious dish to prepare for anyone! 

You will never go back to jarred sauce once you have made your own tomato sauce.

Ingredients

  • Yields Four Large Servings

  • 20 roma tomatoes

  • 6 large Italian Sausages (mild)

  • 2 cups of thin sliced white mushrooms

  • 6-8 cloves of thin sliced garlic 

  • 2-3 tablespoons of olive oil

  • 5 leaves of fresh basil

  • 2 tablespoons of grated Parmesan cheese

  • spaghetti (approx, 100 grams per person)

  • 2 tablespoons of salt

  • 2 cups of water

Spaghetti & Italian Sausage

Instructions

  1. Rinse the tomatoes and score each vertically 4 times from top to bottom with a knife

  2. Add tomatoes to a pot of salted, boiling water (1 tablespoon of salt)

  3. Blanch tomatoes for 1 minute and then immerse all in a bowl of icy cold water and peel the skin off each tomato

  4. Add oil to a skillet and when warmed add in garlic and mushrooms, cook on low until softened, stir often

  5. Add tomatoes to a large saucepan and crush with a potato masher

  6. Add the skillet contents, half the basil and the rest of the salt to the saucepan

  7. Cook all on low for 3 hours, adding 1/2 cups of water when boiled down, as needed

  8. Add 3 partially cooked, thin sliced sausages and 3 quartered sausages and Parmesan cheese after the first hour

  9. Boil pasta for 8-10 minutes, drain and top with the sauce and serve with crusty Italian bread and Parmesan cheese

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