Italian Sausage Pasta Sauce Prep Time: 20 minutes Cook Time: 2 hours Ingredients - 1 (15 oz.) can of stewed tomatoes with herbs - 1 (28 oz.) can of diced tomatoes with juice - 1 (15 oz.) can of crushed tomatoes with Italian herbs - 4 cloves garlic, chopped - 1/2 cup onion - chopped - salt and pepper to taste - 2 tablespoons olive oil - 1 dash Worcestershire sauce - 1 can of tomato paste - 1/2 teaspoon red pepper flakes - or to taste - 1 pound italian sausage - cut into 1 inch slices - 1 red or green pepper - sliced - drizzle of olive oil for dutch oven	1

	Chunky, robustly flavored pasta sauce, slow cooked for that unique homemade taste.   Directions Preheat oven to 350°. In a medium bowl, mix sausage and pepper together and sprinkle 2-3 tablespoons of olive oil over them. Toss to coat. Put onto a baking sheet and bake for one hour, stirring occasionally. In a 5 quart dutch oven, drizzle in two tablespoons of olive oil. Sauté onion until tender, approximately 10 minutes. After the onion has cooked 7 or 8 minutes, add the garlic and stir until the onions are done. Add canned tomatoes and salt and pepper. Bring to a simmer. Add Worcestershire sauce and pepper flakes. Turn heat to medium low. When sausage is browned and cooked through, remove from the oven and with a slotted spoon, add to the tomato sauce along with the pepper slices. Stir, cover and let simmer for 2 hours. Serve over your favorite pasta. Note: This is a chunky sauce. If you prefer a smoother sauce, then place the sauce in batches	2

	in a food processor or blender and blend until smooth, however this step should be completed before adding the sausage to the sauce. Note: This recipe is even better the second day. Freezes well.	3