Spaghetti Sauce with Spicy Sausage

INGREDIENTS

1 pound spicy Italian sausage

1 tbsp. olive oil

1 white onion, diced

2 cups sliced button mushrooms

1 tsp. garlic, minced

1 green bell pepper, cored and chopped

2 6-ounce cans tomato paste

1/2 tsp. coarse salt

1 bay leaf

1 28 ounce can stewed tomatoes

1 tsp. Worcestershire sauce

2 tsp. dried oregano

1 tsp. Italian seasoning

1 tbsp. sugar

1/2 cup red wine

1/2 tsp. celery salt

pinch cayenne pepper

DIRECTIONS

Cook the sausage in a large skillet over medium heat with cooked through.  Remove from the skillet to a cutting board and cut into bite-sized pieces.  Add olive oil to the skillet.  Saute the onion, mushrooms, garlic and pepper for 4-5 minutes.  Place in a large saucepan and add the sausage pieces.  Add the tomato paste, salt, bay leaf, stewed tomatoes, Worcestershire sauce, oregano, Italian seasoning, sugar, red wine, celery salt, and cayenne pepper.  Heat over medium-heat for 10 minutes, reduce to low and simmer for 10 minutes more.  Serve over your favorite pasta and sprinkle with parmesan.

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