Hearty Meat Sauce with Turkey Sausage

Ingredients

  • 1 pkg. (20 oz.) Jenni-O Italian turkey sausage, casings removed
  • 1 med. green pepper, cut into 1-inch pieces
  • 1 med. red pepper cut into 1-inch pieces
  • 1 small onion, diced
  • 1/4 c. dry red wine
  • 14-1/2 oz. diced tomatoes, undrained with basil, garlic and oregano
  • 8 oz. can tomato sauce
  • 3 Tbls. tomato paste
  • 2 t. brown sugar
  • 1 t. dried basil
  • 1-1/2 c. uncooked pasta (Penne or Rigatoni)

Instructions

Crumble the sausage into a large nonstick skillet; add peppers and onions. Cook over medium heat until meat is no longer pink and peppers and onions are tender; drain in a colander lined with paper towel.

Put diced tomatoes through a mini-food processor if you don’t like tomato chunks.

Add wine, cook and stir for 2 minutes. Stir in tomatoes, tomato sauce, tomato paste, brown sugar and basil; heat through. Simmer on low for about 20-30 minutes.

While sauce simmers, cook pasta according to package directions. Drain pasta and transfer to a large pasta bowl. Pour meat sauce over pasta and serve.

NOTE: Serves 4.