Sausage peppers and pasta

[chard]

What's your pasta sauce recipe for this? and where do you buy decent Italian Sausages?

[CommanderJameson]

My recipe for a tomato/garlic based sauce that can form the base of lots of deliciousness goes something like this:

Get some pancetta, cube it and fry gently until starting to crisp

Finely chop an onion and a crushed clove of garlic, add to the pan, season (easy on the salt, the pancetta brings its own) and soften, being careful not to brown too much

A splash of red wine at this point doesn't hurt

Optional: add half a grated carrot

Add 250ml stock and bring to the boil, then simmer for 5-10 mins until starting to reduce

Add tomato puree, a teaspoon of smooth dijon mustard, oregano and thyme to taste

Add a tin of chopped tomatoes

Taste and adjust seasoning if required (probably not, tbh)

Bung in a couple of bay leaves and simmer for yonks, longer is better.

[Agoogy]

A good tin of chopped tomatoes, big splash of balsamic, reduce, reduce and reduce some more, then just as you think its going to start to stick/burn on the pan, add some chopped fresh basil.

Add your cooked meat...

Add your cooked pasta

Serve and grate some cheese over it all...

[Mr Dave]

You dont really even need a sauce.

Chop and fry peppers and sausage, mix with cooked pasta, drizzle with a really nice olive oil.

Or put a bit of homemade red pesto in with it and all is good.