Tomato-Peppers Sauce With Sausage

( The peppers make this sauce so sweet)

Ingredients

1 pound sweet Italian sausage broken into ½" pieces

1 yellow pepper cut into 1" squares

1 Red pepper cut into 1" squares

1 cup of chopped onions

2 cloves garlic minced

2 Tablespoon of olive oil

½ cup red wine

1 28 ounce can of whole Italian plum tomatoes, donÂt drain and crush the tomatoes with your hands

3 tablespoons of tomato paste

1 teaspoon of white sugar

Penne pasta

Directions

Heat up a 4-quart Dutch oven and cook the sausage, remove from the pan and discard the grease. In same pan cook the peppers, onions, and garlic in the olive oil, until tender. Add the wine bring to a boil, reduce heat to a simmer for about 5 minutes, until most of wine has evaporates. Stir in tomatoes, tomato to paste, sugar, and the sausage. Bring sauce up to a boil, then reduce it to a simmer. Simmer the sauce for about 10 minutes. Stirring once in a while. Season to taste with salt and pepper. Serve it over some cooked penne pasta. Make about 6 ½ cups of sauce.

I found this recipe in an Italian Magazine a few years ago