Salsiccia Sausage Ragu Sauce Recipes

ITALIAN SAUSAGE SAUCE WITH TOMATO (RAGù DI SALSICCIA)

Steps:

• SAUSAGE TUFTS Eliminate the sausages skin and separate the meat with by the hands to creating small tufts. Place the tufts of meat in a large pan. Be careful to do not overlap the pieces of sausages. If necessary, use two pans. Cook the sausage over medium-low heat. The fat meat must melt slowly and the sausage must be cooked in its own fat. When the meat begins to brown, stir-fry: make sure to do not burn yourself with the sketches of fat! Continue cooking until the sausage is golden brown, but not burned. Finally, drain the meat and conserve it covered.
• ONIONS AND CARROTS Whereas the sausage is cooking, mince finely onions and carrots. Stir-fry the vegetables over medium heat with three tbsp of the liquid fat released from the sausages, until the onions and carrots are soft and translucent. Now, add the double concentrate tomato paste and the meat. Raise the heat to high and add the red wine. Let the alcohol evaporate a few minutes, then pour the tomato puree and low the flame.
• SLOW COOKED SAUSAGE SAUCE Pour the sausage sauce in a small, and thick-bottomed pot; the sauce should be at least 2 inches deep. Cover the pot with a lid and cook on low heat for at least 2 hours (best if 3 hours), until the meat is tender and the sauce is tasty to the point of not having to use salt.
• TRY IT ON WITH PASTA! The Italian sausage sauce is great to dress fresh pasta, like tagliatelle, pappardelle or fettuccine, but also dried pasta as rigatoni or shells. In this case my choice is shells for their peculiarity to collect the sauce, creating an irresistible combination of flavors!
• CROCK POT OPTION When added the tomato puree, is possible to use an electric crock pot to cook the sausage sauce. In this case, be careful to prepare a sufficient amount of sauce correct for the size of your crock pot. Triplicate the cooking time and set the crock pot to medium level.

SAUSAGE RAGU (RAGU DI SALSICCIA)

Steps:

• Remove the sausage from the casings.
• Chop the meat finely.
• In a large pot, heat the oil over medium heat.
• Add the sausage meat and the garlic.
• Cook, stirring often, until the pork is lightly browned, about 10 minutes.
• Add the wine and bring to a simmer.
• Cook until most of the wine evaporates.
• Stir in the tomatoes and salt/pepper to taste.
• Bring to a simmer.
• Decrease heat to low.
• Cook, stirring occasionally, until the sauce is thickened, about 1 hour 30 minutes.
• Stir in the basil just before.
• Serve hot over cooked hot pasta.

PAPPARDELLE WITH SAUSAGE RAGU

Steps:

• Heat a large straight-sided skillet over medium-high heat. Add the oil and sausage and cook, stirring often and breaking apart the sausage with the back of a wooden spoon, until beginning to brown, about 7 minutes. Add the onion, carrot and 1/2 teaspoon salt. Cook, stirring often, until fragrant and the vegetables are almost cooked through, about 4 minutes. Deglaze with the wine, scraping up the brown bits from the bottom of the skillet. Reduce the heat to medium and simmer until reduced by half, about 3 minutes. Stir in the tomato puree and cheese rind. Reduce the heat and simmer gently for 15 minutes.
• Meanwhile, bring a large pot of water to a boil over high heat. Season the water generously with salt. Add the Pappardelle and cook until the pasta is floating and barely al dente, 2 to 3 minutes. Reserve 1 cup pasta water, then drain well.
• Remove and discard the Parmesan rind from the sauce. Add the pasta to the sauce and sprinkle the bare pasta with the Parmesan cheese and basil. Add 1/2 cup pasta water and toss well to coat, adding more pasta water as needed to maintain a light sauce. Serve with more Parmesan cheese on top if desired.
• In a large bowl, combine the 00 and semolina flours and salt and form a well. Add the egg and yolks to the center of the well. Using a fork, slowly start to incorporate the flour into the eggs to form a rough dough. You may add a splash of water if the dough is too dry or a dusting of flour if it is too wet.
• Lightly flour a smooth work surface and pour the dough onto the flour. Knead the dough until it springs back when you press a finger into it, 10 to 12 minutes. Flatten the dough into an even square. Wrap the dough well in plastic wrap and allow to rest for 1 hour at room temperature.
• Cut the dough into 3 pieces. Set up a pasta roller according to the manufacturer's directions and set it at the widest setting. Dust one section of the dough with semolina flour and press firmly to flatten the dough to 1/4 inch. Roll the dough through the machine on the widest setting. Fold the pasta dough in thirds and dust the outside with flour. Send it through the widest setting again. Reduce the setting to the next setting. Send the dough through the machine. Fold it in thirds once again and send through the setting one more time. Continue sending the dough through the machine, reducing the setting each time, until the desired thickness is reached, about 1/8 inch. Lay the sheet out on the counter and dust with flour. Use a knife or pizza cutter to cut strips 1 inch by 10 inches. Dust the strips with more flour. Continue with the remaining dough.

TAGLIATELLE CON SALSICCIA (TAGLIATELLE WITH SAUSAGE)

Steps:

• Melt butter in a large skillet over medium heat. Add porcini mushrooms, onion, garlic, and parsley; cook and stir until golden brown, 5 to 8 minutes. Add sausage; cook and stir until browned, about 2 minutes.
• Pour white wine into the skillet and simmer, scraping up the browned bits off the bottom of the skillet, until most of the wine evaporates, about 3 minutes. Pour in vegetable broth; cook and stir until sauce reduces, about 5 minutes. Stir in heavy cream, salt, and pepper.
• Fill a large pot with lightly salted water and bring to a rolling boil. Stir in tagliatelle, bring back to a boil, and cook until tender yet firm to the bite, about 8 minutes.
• Drain tagliatelle and stir into the sauce in the skillet. Stir in Parmigiano cheese. Divide tagliatelle among 4 serving plates and garnish with toasted almonds.

SAUSAGE RAGU

Steps:

• Heat 2 tbsp of the oil in a saucepan over a medium heat. Fry the onion with a pinch of salt for 7 mins. Add the garlic, chilli and rosemary, and cook for 1 min more. Tip in the tomatoes and sugar, and simmer for 20 mins.
• Heat the remaining oil in a medium frying pan over a medium heat. Squeeze the sausagemeat from the skins and fry, breaking it up with a wooden spoon, for 5-7 mins until golden. Add to the sauce with the milk and lemon zest, then simmer for a further 5 mins. To freeze, leave to cool completely and transfer to large freezerproof bags.
• Cook the pasta following pack instructions. Drain and toss with the sauce. Scatter over the parmesan and parsley leaves to serve.

SPICY SAUSAGE RAGU

Steps:

• Cook sausage in a Dutch oven over medium heat until browned, about 15 minutes.
• Stir in parsley and cook for about 2 minutes.
• Stir in white wine and cook until the wine has nearly evaporated, 3 to 5 minutes.
• Stir in heavy cream, increase heat to high and bring to a boil. Stir in marinara sauce and water and return to a boil. Reduce heat to low and simmer sauce for 1 hour.
• Fill a large pot with lightly salted water and bring to a boil. Stir in penne, and return to a boil. Cook pasta uncovered, stirring occasionally, until cooked through, but still firm to the bite, about 11 minutes; drain.
• Combine pasta and sauce; remove from heat, cover and let sit for about 2 minutes.
• Serve pasta and sauce topped with grated Parmigiano-Reggiano.

SAUSAGE RAGù

Steps:

• With the tip of a small, sharp knife, slit open the sausage casings. Crumble the meat into a wide, heavy skillet or Dutch oven and set over medium-low heat. If the meat is not rendering enough fat to coat the bottom of the pan as it begins to cook, add olive oil one tablespoon at a time until the meat is frying gently, not steaming. Sauté, breaking up any large chunks, until all the meat has turned opaque (do not let it brown), about 5 minutes.
• Add onion, carrot, celery and parsley and stir. Drizzle in more oil if the pan seems dry. Cook over very low heat, stirring often, until the vegetables have melted in the fat and are beginning to caramelize, and the meat is toasty brown. This may take as long as 40 minutes, but be patient: It is essential to the final flavors.
• Add tomatoes and their juice, breaking up the tomatoes with your hands or with the side of a spoon. Bring to a simmer, then add thyme and rosemary and let simmer, uncovered, until thickened and pan is almost dry, 20 to 25 minutes.
• Mix tomato paste with 1 cup hot water. Add to pan, reduce heat to very low, and continue cooking until the ragù is velvety and dark red, and the top glistens with oil, about 10 minutes more. Remove herb sprigs. Sprinkle black pepper over, stir and taste.
• Meanwhile, bring a large pot of salted water to a boil. Boil pasta until just tender. Scoop out 2 cups cooking water, drain pasta and return to pot over low heat. Quickly add a ladleful of ragù, a splash of cooking water, stir well and let cook 1 minute. Taste for doneness. Repeat, adding more cooking water or ragù, or both, until pasta is cooked through and seasoned to your liking.
• Pour hot pasta water into a large serving bowl to heat it. Pour out the water and pour in the pasta. Top with remaining ragù, sprinkle with parsley and serve immediately. Pass grated cheese at the table, if desired.

SALSICCE AL POMODORO

Steps:

• Divide the sausage into links, if necessary, and prick them in several places with the point of a sharp knife. Arrange the links in a deep 10-inch skillet or sauté pan and place over medium heat with the olive oil. Turn the sausage in the hot pan and, as some fat accumulates, increase the heat slightly and brown the sausage lightly all over. This takes about 10 minutes, adjusting the heat as necessary so the fat and the eventual brown film in the pan do not burn. Pour or spoon off all the fat in the pan.
• Pass the tomatoes through a food mill directly into the pan with the sausage. Season with hot pepper flakes. Salt is generally not necessary because the sausages are well seasoned. Simmer gently for 30 to 35 minutes, until the sausages are cooked through and the sauce has thickened.
• Use the sauce for spaghetti or ziti (there should be enough for 12 ounces) and pass the grated cheese. Serve the sausage as a separate course with broccoli, broccoli di rapa, spinach, or another green vegetable.