Homemade Meat Sauce
Homemade Meat Sauce is a hearty and delicious sauce for spaghetti, ravioli or your favorite pasta. Made with roasted tomatoes, ground sausage and smoked sausage.
Servings: 6 servings
Calories: 1041kcal
Ingredients
- 1 pound ground Sausage
- Breakfast Sausage
- or
- Sweet Italian Sausage
- 1 pound smoked sausage
- 2 tablespoons olive oil
- 1 1/2 cups diced onions
- 1 cup diced bell peppers
- 2 garlic cloves minced
- 4 cups roasted tomato sauce
- 1/2 cup heavy cream
- 1 tablespoon dried basil
- 1 tablespoon dried thyme
- 1 tablespoon dried oregano
- 1 tablespoon brown sugar optional
- 1 teaspoon kosher salt
- 1/2 teaspoon black pepper
- Pasta for Serving: 1 pound cooked spaghetti or 20 ounces frozen cheese ravioli cooked
Instructions
- Cook ground sausage in a skillet over medium heat, stirring and crumbling until well browned. Remove to a bowl and set aside.
- Dice smoked sausage and set aside.
- Add olive oil to a large skillet and cook onions, bell peppers and garlic over medium heat, stirring often until vegetables are softened.
- Add tomato sauce and heavy cream, mixing to combine.
- Stir in ground sausage and smoked sausage.
- Add basil, thyme, oregano, brown sugar, salt and pepper and stir until combined.
- Continue to cook over medium-low heat for about 20 minutes.
- Serve over cooked pasta.
Notes
Store in an airtight container in the refrigerator up to 4 days or freeze up to 3 months.
Reheat in a pan over low heat, stirring often until heated through.
Nutrition
Serving: 1g | Calories: 1041kcal | Carbohydrates: 70g | Protein: 40g | Fat: 68g | Saturated Fat: 25g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 35g | Trans Fat: 1g | Cholesterol: 150mg | Sodium: 2651mg | Fiber: 7g | Sugar: 15g