Twisted Sausage Bolognese Sauce

Total Time: 2 hrs 30 mins Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 2 hrs

Ingredients

• Servings: 14
• 1 lb sausage, casings removed meat crumbled
• olive oil
• 1/2 cup carrot, diced
• 1/2 cup celery, diced
• 1/2 cup bell pepper
• 1 cup sweet onion, diced
• 4 cups portabella mushrooms, diced (gills scraped out with a spoon and discarded)
• 3 garlic cloves
• 1 cup arugula or 1 cup spinach, chopped and packed
• salt and pepper
• 1 teaspoon sugar
• 2 tablespoons fresh parsley, chopped
• 2 tablespoons fresh basil, chopped
• 1 tablespoon dried oregano
• 1/4 cup wine, good (your choice red or )
• 2 (28 ounce) cans crushed tomatoes
• 1/2 cup half-and-half
• cavatappi pasta, cooked (optional)

Recipe

• 1 in a large pot brown sausage, breaking into small pieces.
• 2 once browned remove to a paper towel lined dish to remove excess fat.
• 3 add olive oil just to coat bottom of pot.
• 4 saute the carrots through mushrooms about 10 minutes.
• 5 add the garlic and arugula stir in and cook 1 minute.
• 6 season with salt, pepper, sugar, parsley, basil, and oregano.
• 7 add wine and reduce 5 minutes.
• 8 add crushed tomatoes.
• 9 simmer 1 hour.
• 10 stir in half and half.
• 11 with an immersion blender give a quick blend if needed to give the sauce an even texture.
• 12 simmer over very low heat for 1/2-1 an hour. stirring through out simmering.
• 13 serve over pasta. garnish with additional basil and top with a generous amount of grated parmigiano cheese.
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