Recipe: Appetizing Macaroni w/ Spicy Meat Sauce

Macaroni w/ Spicy Meat Sauce.

You can cook Macaroni w/ Spicy Meat Sauce using 16 ingredients and 13 steps. Here is how you cook it.

Ingredients of Macaroni w/ Spicy Meat Sauce

1. It's 1 lb of macaroni noodles.
2. You need 1 lb of ground spicy Italian sausage.
3. It's 1 T of herbes de provence.
4. It's 2 t of crushed pepper flakes.
5. Prepare 1 of red bell pepper; medium dice.
6. It's 4 of shallots; small dice.
7. You need 3 cloves of garlic; minced.
8. It's 14.5 oz of fire roasted diced tomatoes.
9. It's 29 oz of crushed tomatoes.
10. It's 14.5 oz of whole tomatoes.
11. It's 1 of bay leaf.
12. You need 1 C of red wine.
13. It's 1 pinch of sugar.
14. Prepare as needed of kosher salt & black pepper.
15. Prepare as needed of grated parmigiano reggiano for garnish.
16. Prepare as needed of olive oil.

Macaroni w/ Spicy Meat Sauce step by step

1. Season ground pork sausage with herbes de provence, salt, and pepper..
2. Cook macaroni in salted, boiling water while sauce is cooking. Drain and set aside. Drizzle with olive oil and toss to coat noodles..
3. Heat a large sauce pan. Add pork. Brown sausage and transfer to a plate..
4. Add just enough olive oil to cover the bottom of the pan..
5. Add shallot and pepper with a tiny pinch of salt. Cook on medium heat until peppers soften, about 5 minutes..
6. Turn heat to high. Add garlic, bay leaf, and crushed pepper flakes. Cook 30 seconds..
7. Add red wine. Reduce until nearly dry. About 1-2 minutes..
8. Add tomatoes. Stir..
9. Return pork to pan. Stir. Reduce heat to low. Use a wooden spoon to slightly break apart the whole tomatoes. Cook 20 minutes..
10. Add sugar. Adjust salt and pepper. Remove bay leaf..
11. Garnish with parmigiano reggiano..
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