Slow Simmered Italian Sauce Recipes

Steps:

• In large skillet, brown beef and sausage over medium heat until thoroughly cooked and sausage is no longer pink, stirring frequently.
• Drain.
• In 3 1/2 to 4 quart slow cooker, combine beef mixture and all remaining ingredients.
• Mix well.
• Cover and cook on low setting for 8 to 10 hours.
• About 20 minutes before serving, cook you pasta of choice and serve with sauce on top.

Steps:

• Place the Italian sausage in a large, nonstick skillet or Dutch oven. Drizzle with the 1/4 cup olive oil and saute over VERY low heat for 5 minutes, turning occasionally. Add the tomato paste and stir. If necessary, to avoid sticking, add another drizzle of olive oil and stir well. Simmer, covered, stirring occasionally, for approximately 30 minutes, until the tomato paste darkens and looks almost black.
• Meanwhile, put the remaining vegetables in a blender and add the 2 cups tomato juice. Blend until the vegetables are no longer solid. Add the two tablespoons of sugar, the salt and the red pepper flakes. Pour this mixture over the sauce and stir well to blend. Simmer, partially covered, for 2-1/2 hours, stirring occasionally.
• Add the red wine in the last hour of cooking. Continue to simmer at least one hour, partially covered, stirring occasionally, until sauce reaches desired consistency. At this point, you can add any additional meat that has been pre-cooked, such as ground beef, sausage, or any vegetables such as mushrooms, as desired.
• This makes a large amount so you can freeze extra sauce in ziplock bags for the freezer. Simply thaw and reheat to use in lasagne, as pizza sauce, for spaghetti & meatballs, etc.

Steps:

• Combine all ingredients in a 4-quart slow cooker.
• Cook, covered, on HIGH, 6 hours.
• Serve over spaghetti, chicken, or pork.

Steps:

• 1. Clean tomatoes. Cut an 'X' on the bottom of each one. Bring large pot of water to a boil, and lower heat to simmer. Prepare a large bowl of ice water and have at least 2 other large bowls at the ready. Put a few tomatoes in boiling water at a time for about 30 seconds (until skin begins to peel back). Take them out of the hot water and put into ice bath immediately. The skin should now peel off easily. Peel skins off tomatoes. Do this for all the tomatoes. Throw away skin.
• 2. Cut tomatoes in half across the equator and remove all the seeds into a separate bowl. When all tomatoes have been emptied you can pour seeds and juices through a fine mesh strainer into another bowl. Reserve juices, discard seeds. Or just add some water to the recipe and skip this.
• 3. Heat oil in a large stock pot over medium heat. Put onion, peppers, garlic and a pinch of S&P in pot and saute until tender. Add tomato paste and stir. Add tomatoes, reserved juices and parsley. S&P again. Stir everything together well. Bring to a boil. Lower heat and simmer for 4 hours. You will want to put a splatter guard over pot. Stir occasionally. If sauce starts to dry out add water 1/2- 1 cup at a time. Tastes sauce throughout cooking, add salt pepper and herbs at will.

Steps:

• In a 5- or 6-qt. slow cooker, combine the first 11 ingredients. Heat a large skillet over medium heat. Add sausage and onion; cook and stir until sausage is no longer pink and onion is tender. Drain. Add to slow cooker., Cook, covered, on low 6-8 hours or until chicken is tender. Serve with pasta. Freeze option: Do not cook or add pasta. Freeze cooled sauce in freezer containers. To use, partially thaw in refrigerator overnight. Cook pasta according to package directions. Place meat mixture in a large saucepan; heat through, stirring occasionally and adding a little water if necessary. Proceed as directed.

Steps:

• In a large stockpot cook the sausage, yellow bell pepper, orange bell pepper, garlic, onion, and celery. Cook until sausage is no longer pink. Drain into a large colander to drain grease.
• To the large saucepot, add the mushrooms, tomato sauce, tomatoes, tomato paste, bouillon cubes, bay leaves, thyme, oregano, basil, crushed red pepper, black pepper, sugar, and beef broth and stir well. Pour the meat mixture into the pot. Bring to a boil, reduce heat and cover. Simmer for 2 hours. Salt and pepper to taste to pull flavors together toward end of cooking time.
• Serve with Spaghetti or favorite pasta.