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• Recipe Overview
• Ingredients
• Processes - Utensils
• Instructions

• Cuisine

  European >> Italian >> Italian

• Dietary Style

• Source

  Genius Kitchen(food.com)

| 1. In a large non-stick skillet with a lid, add the olive oil and warm over medium heat, allow oil to heat for approximately 2 minutes. | 2. Add chopped onion and green pepper, cook for about 2-3 minutes or until onion is soft and you can see thru it, stir for even cooking. | 3. Add chopped/minced garlic, stir and continue to simmer thru for another 2 minutes. | 4. Add dry seasonings, chopped tomato, and chopped Italian sausage. Stir all and cook for another 2 minutes then add the ¼-cup dry red wine and stir all together. | 5. Add fennel seed & black pepper, cook another 2 minutes longer. | 6. Next, add the tomato sauce and water, bay leaves, salt and sugar, stir all and cover with lid, allow to cook on medium until mixture begins to slow boil, then remove lid. Stir again, cover and turn heat to a low simmer, allowing to cook for several hours or until ready to serve with pasta. | 7. Allowing sauce to slow cook for at least 2-3 hours makes for a more robust sauce ~ serve with al dente pasta, a good crusty Italian bread (ciabatta for example), freshly grated Italian cheese (a good quality aged Pecorino Romano made from sheeps or goats milk is best, never cows milk), & your favorite red wine (our favorite is a good cabernet). | 8. Sauce is also better the next day, so as a time saver make this sauce up a day ahead, allow to cool thoroughly before refrigerating, then serve the next night for dinner. | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------

Estimated Nutritional Profile for Ingredients

Ingredient Name	Quantity	Unit	State	Energy (kcal)	Carbohydrates	Protein (g)	Total Lipid (Fat) (g)
tomato sauce	28	ounces		896.9939999999999	142.8046	46.7548	15.5585
onion	3/4	cup	chopped	48.0	11.208	1.32	0.12
garlic clove	3 -4	tablespoons	chopped minced	-	-	-	-
green pepper	1/2	cup	chopped	14.9	3.4568	0.6407	0.1267
tomato	1		chopped	22.14	4.7847	1.0824	0.24600000000000002
italian sausage	3 -4		pre-cooked chopped	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
extra virgin olive oil	1/4	cup		-	-	-	-
red wine	1/4	cup		-	-	-	-
water	3/4	cup		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
bay leaf	2 -3			-	-	-	-
italian herb seasoning oregano	2 -3	tablespoons		-	-	-	-
fennel seed	2	teaspoons		13.8	2.0916	0.632	0.5948
black pepper	1/4	teaspoon	ground	1.4432	0.3677	0.0597	0.0187
kosher salt	1/4	teaspoon		-	-	-	-
sugar	1	pinch		1.1471	0.2869	0.0	0.0

- Means that suitable USDA nutrition profile could not be mapped for this ingredient-unit combination.