Italian Sausage Spaghetti
(from nicoledb’s recipe box)
Source: http://www.elise.com/recipes/archives/000154italian_sausage_spaghetti.php
Categories: Italian
Ingredients
- 1 large Italian hot and spicy sausage
- 1 yellow onion, chopped
- 2 cloves of garlic
- 3/4 large (28 oz) can of whole tomatoes
- Olive oil
- 1 lb (16 oz) spaghetti pasta, Italian
- Salt
- Olive oil
- Grated Parmesan cheese
Directions
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The Sauce:
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Take the Italian sausage meat out of the sausage casings. Break up into pieces and mix the sweet and spicy sausage meats together. Brown the sausage meat in a large skillet on medium high or high heat with a little olive oil. In a separate skillet sauté the onions and garlic until the onions are translucent. Purée the tomatoes in a blender, add to the skillet with the sausage meat. Add the cooked onions and garlic.
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The Pasta
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Everyone has their favorite way of making pasta. The following is my mom’s preferred method. For the moment.
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Fill an 8-quart or larger stock pot at least half full with water and bring to a boil. Add a tablespoon of salt. Slowly add the pasta, stirring to prevent clumping. Allow the water to come to a boil again. Cook, uncovered, with a fairly vigorous boil, for as long as the directions on the pasta package say, usually about 10-12 minutes. When pasta is al dente (cooked but still a little firm), remove the pot from the heat, add a cup or two of cold water to the pasta to stop the cooking. Drain the water from the pasta through a colander. Place the pasta in a serving bowl, add a teaspoon or so of olive oil and mix in with the pasta so that the pasta stays separated.
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Serve immediately. Garnish with grated Parmesan cheese.