| Level: | Easy |
| Total: | 1 hr 13 min |
| Prep: | 23 min |
| Cook: | 50 min |
| Yield: | 4 to 6 servings |
Ingredients
- 3 tablespoons butter
- 1 medium onion, diced (about 1 1/2 cups)
- 1 medium carrot, diced
- 4 cloves garlic, minced
- 1 teaspoon dried oregano
- 1/2 teaspoon dried crushed red pepper flakes
- 2 (28-ounce) cans diced tomatoes
- 1 dried bay leaf
- 2 teaspoons sugar
- Kosher salt
- 1 pound bucatini pasta or thick spaghetti
- 12 ounces ricotta cheese, room temperature
- 1/2 cup julienne fresh basil leaves, for garnish
- Grilled Sweet Italian Sausage, recipe follows
- 8 links sweet Italian sausage
Instructions
- Heat butter in a large saucepan over medium-high heat. Once melted, add the onion and carrot and saute until golden, about 7 minutes. Add the garlic, oregano, and red pepper flakes and cook 1 more minute. Add the tomatoes with their juice, bay leaf, sugar, and 2 teaspoons salt and bring to simmer. Reduce heat to medium-low and continue to cook, stirring occasionally, about 30 more minutes.
- Prepare pasta while sauce simmers. Bring a large pot of generously salted water to a boil. Add the pasta and cook according to the package directions until al dente, about 12 minutes. Drain.
- Remove sauce from heat, remove bay leaf, and carefully blend, in batches, to break up large pieces. Mix sauce with pasta. Serve individual portions topped with a heaping tablespoon of ricotta and garnish with basil.
- Cut each link evenly in half lengthwise. Heat a grill pan over medium-high heat until hot. Place the sausage cut side down and cook, turning on all sides for even browning, until cooked through, about 10 minutes. Serve as an accompaniment with the bucatini marinara.
Nutrition Facts
| Serving Size | 1 of 6 servings |
| Calories | 654 |
| Total Fat | 25 g |
| Saturated Fat | 12 g |
| Carbohydrates | 76 g |
| Dietary Fiber | 10 g |
| Sugar | 12 g |
| Protein | 37 g |
| Cholesterol | 78 mg |
| Sodium | 1330 mg |
Reviews
I thought it was good loved the sauce.
My husband loved this recipe, stated one of the best meals ever! This is a keeper and he wants it on the menu at least once a week. WOW! I agree!! Thanks Food Network and Mary Nolan for making me a better cook in the kitchen.
Not sure why this is chic and easy. I thought the taste was fine. We didn’t have the right type of sausage so i t would have been better. I do think it’s a nice way to make a 30 min sauce that could sub for a 3 hr sauce.
Thanks Mary! This is simple to make and delicious! I love your show; you are young and vibrant and I am sure you will inspire many young adults like my daughters to get in the kitchen and cook REAL food. Your enthusiasum and is refreshing and your cooking style is REALISTIC! Thanks!
This was perfect and very easy to make. We all loved it and I will be making this again for my family. On a different note…. the people that seem to love to put this show down and say “not so nice” things about the host should work on manners and maybe get out of the house more often. If you don’t like the show CHANGE IT. Don’t make rude comments on a recipe review. It’s not our fault that you can’t seem to make it off the sofa and get some fresh air.
I have been looking for a good Marinara recipe. This is so easy and tastes great. I was a little concerned after reading the last couple of reviews, but have come to the conclusion that they must have had a bad day or simply like to complain. It was great. Thanks Mary.
I did the Vegetarian version of this sauce and spiked it with a little more cayenne pepper. This is a great pasta sauce. It can be used for any kind of pasta and even a lasagna. Thanks Mary! I love your show!
Yes it’s easy, but I don’t understand why Food Network decided to sign on another show that doesn’t contribute anything new from the shows that are already on. If you want chic look to Barefoot Contessa!
We’ve only seen hundreds of variations of pasta with marinara sauce and sausage on FN. Why this merits a new show is completely beyond me. In addition to being totally unoriginal, unimaginative and uninspiring, this host is a frantic mess with her speed talking, flying hair and awkwardness in the kitchen. Please find something better.
Please tell the host to stop talking a mile a minute and brushing her hair back constantly (she should tie it up instead of letting it hang down in everything!). This show gets worse, not better. The recipes are completely unoriginal and nothing that FN hasn’t shown a million times. The host is completely awkward and not impressive in the kitchen. She looks like she barely knows how to cook, in fact. How in the world did she even get her own cooking show? Is this the best FN can do? Please can this show ASAP.