Mama's Spaghetti Sauce

My husband has been trying for years now to get me to give my children my spaghetti sauce recipe. I tell him I don't have a recipe, I put a little of this a little of that. So o.k. I'm going to give it my best shot.


Start with:
4-5 Italian sausage links ( hot or mild)
1/2 cup virgin olive oil
1/2 to a whole green pepper chopped
1 medium onion chopped
3 cloves of minced garlic
1/4 cup of snipped fresh parsley or 2 tbls. dried parsley
2 tsp. dried oregano
2-3 bay leaf
1 tsp. salt
1 6oz. can of your favorite tomato paste
3 28oz. size cans of your favorite crushed tomatoes
1 cup of red wine

In a dutch oven or large cooking pot, start first by cooking on low heat the Italian sausage links either hot or mild, which ever you prefer in a small amount of olive oil lightly brown them. After they have browned add the 1/2 cup of olive oil, the chopped green pepper, the chopped onion, the garlic, let that cook for approximately another 5 mins.,then add the dry ingredients. Add the tomato paste and crushed tomatoes, stir in the wine and simmer uncovered for 3-4 hours. If you don't want to use wine you can substitute the wine with about 1/4 cup of sugar.. Pour over your favorite pasta add a little grated cheese and enjoy!
Next I'll tell you how to make some tasty meatballs for your sauce........