I was trying to think of a way to use up a bunch of apples we had in our fridge when I came up with this recipe for pickled apples. I finally settled on simply pickling them in the refrigerator. This is what happened.
| Prep Time: | 30 mins |
| Cook Time: | 45 mins |
| Additional Time: | 8 hrs |
| Total Time: | 9 hrs 15 mins |
| Servings: | 16 |
| Yield: | 16 servings |
Ingredients
- 1 (28 ounce) can crushed tomatoes
- 1 (15 ounce) can tomato sauce
- 3 (14.5 ounce) cans stewed tomatoes
- 1 cup red wine
- 1 cup sliced green olives
- 4 teaspoons sea salt
- 2 tablespoons dried basil
- 2 teaspoons dried oregano
- ½ teaspoon Hungarian paprika
- ½ teaspoon cayenne pepper
- 3 tablespoons olive oil
- 1 cup finely chopped sweet onion, divided
- 1 clove garlic, crushed and chopped
- ⅔ cup chopped fresh parsley
- ⅔ cup sliced fresh mushrooms
- 1 teaspoon brown sugar
- 3 tablespoons olive oil
- 3 (4 ounce) links Italian sausage links, casings removed
- 2 cloves garlic, crushed and chopped
- 1 teaspoon ground white pepper
- ½ teaspoon ground cumin
- 1 cup red wine, or more if needed
Instructions
- Mix together the crushed tomatoes, tomato sauce, stewed tomatoes, 1 cup of red wine, green olives, 4 teaspoons of sea salt, basil, oregano, paprika, and cayenne pepper in a slow cooker. Set the cooker to Low.
- While the cooker is warming up, place 3 tablespoons of olive oil in a skillet over medium heat, and cook 3/4 cup of sweet onion until the onion just begins to soften, about 2 minutes; stir in 1 clove of garlic. Cook the mixture for 3 more minutes before mixing in parsley and mushrooms. Reduce heat, and simmer the mixture for about 10 minutes. Stir in the brown sugar, and mix to dissolve.
- While the parsley and mushrooms are simmering, heat 3 more tablespoons of olive oil in a skillet over medium heat, and stir in the remaining onion and the sausage. Brown the sausage, breaking the meat up into crumbles as it cooks, about 10 minutes; season the mixture with white pepper and cumin. Pour 1 cup of red into the skillet, and scrape the pan with a wooden spoon to dissolve any brown flavor bits into the wine. Simmer for about 10 minutes; pour the sausage mixture into the skillet with the parsley and mushrooms. Bring to a simmer over medium-low heat just until all the ingredients have had time to introduce themselves to each other, about 10 minutes. Pour the sausage mixture into the slow cooker.
- Cook on Low for 8 hours to overnight. Add more red wine or water if needed to prevent the sauce from getting too thick and burning on the bottom.
Nutrition Facts
| Calories | 184 kcal |
| Carbohydrate | 13 g |
| Cholesterol | 8 mg |
| Dietary Fiber | 3 g |
| Protein | 5 g |
| Saturated Fat | 2 g |
| Sodium | 1245 mg |
| Sugars | 5 g |
| Fat | 11 g |
| Unsaturated Fat | 0 g |
Reviews
This is actually a Garden Red Sauce! True Italian Red Sauce, called gravy, only has tomato sauce, tomato paste, crushed tomatoes, Parmesan cheese. It’s cooked over a very low heat for hours. When it more of a brown red, drop in meatballs and Italian sausage and gravy cook for another hour or so, until meat is cooked thru. This from my Italian friends who cook a lot of Italian food!! As a Garden Red Sauce, this is pretty good!
DO NOT ADD SALT TO THIS RECIPE! This is very delicious. I used spicy Italian sausage. Do not add salt; the olives make it salty enough.
Tasty
I made it as is with homemade Italian sausage, I did drain the green olives well and added salt after it cooked a few hours and it did requure additional for our taste. Now our standard
I did not add additional salt, seasoning with the spices plus my favorite Penzies combination was enough. I used a squirt of Agave syrup rather than brown sugar. It was nice not standing over the stove!
It was very tasty. I did not try with sausage, but still it was good.
Taste was very good. Too soupy for my preference.Prefer a thicker sauce.
Great recipe! Next I’m trying it in my VitaClay–should be great cooked in clay!
Wonderful!, It was a lot of work but worth it.
I used chicken Italian sausage…sauce was very tasty, I’d make it again!
Loved it. As did my family. Our home smelled delicious all day. Next time, I will add ground turkey meatballs as well.
Will not lie, the first time you make this it will take longer than the 30 minutes prep unless you’re a real whiz in the kitchen. But it is so worth the effort. So good, to the last drop. The only difference is that we browned the sausage and drained it first, than after cooking the onions we put the sausage in to cut back on some of the fat, but it certainly did not take away from the flavor. We then use this sauce for our crock pot lasagna! So Good! This sauce is so versatile! Add a salad and some crusty bread????? Yum!
This is the best spaghetti sauce I’ve had, seriously! One thing though, I like others was concerned with the amount of salt in the mix so made two adjustments. I used no salt added tomato sauce and 3 tsp (instead of 4) sea salt. I’m also vegetarian so omitted the sausage. So so good, flavorful, and very sophisticated. This will be my go to from now on!
I didn’t change anything and it was delicious. Will make again
Did not make changes. Excellent recipe. Nice having the sauce cook all day in slow cooker.
Spent all that time in preparation, cooked all day and it was watery, due to the wine, was far too much many tomatoes, will never make again. Plus, I had made it for company that night and was embarrassed that it was so watery.
I put everything in the crock. Did not saute anything. Used dried parsley,Precooked hot Italian sausage in microwave, cut up and added to sauce. Very Tasty Sauce. Spicy but not overly spicy. Will make again. My Husband loved it!!!
I will make it again, it is a keeper!
Yes I made this but instead of using green olives I use black olives because I don’t like green olives and then I did the mushrooms and parsley and I waited until that was done and then I put it in another bowl and then I use the same pan and did the rest in the same pan and it came out delicious everybody loved it sorry I forgot to take a picture but I will next time honest on a rating scale from 1 to 5 and 5 being the best. I give it a 5
It was delicious!
Yumalicioueness does not do it justice. I swear I hear my taste buds singing the taste bud international anthem! ENJOY!!