San Marzano Tomato Sauce Ziti

San Marzano tomato sauce over ziti with some Italian sausage, yellow onion, basil and parsley! Easy to cook with the sauce reducing for about 3-4 hours and strong flavor!

By Sam Luck-Leonard

Ingredients

• 1 lb Hot Italian Sausage
• 1 Yellow Onion
• 16 oz Ziti Pasta Noodles
• 28 oz San Marzano Tomatoes
• 4 Garlic Cloves
• 5 Large Fresh Basil Leaves
• 6 oz Shredded Parmesan Cheese
• Chicken Broth
• Handful of Parsley
• Salt
• Tomato Paste
• Water

Instructions

1. Mince the 4 cloves of garlic. Sauté them in olive oil over medium heat in a sizable saucepan until golden about 45 seconds
2. Squeeze about a tablespoon of tomato paste on to the garlic and mix
3. Pour contents of San Marzano tomatoes can into pan. Put a little bit of warm water from the sink in the can and drop into pan as well
4. Increase heat to high and bring to a boil. Once boiling, reduce to low and let simmer for 3-4 hours
5. Towards the end of the sauce reduction, set a pot of water to boil. Once boiling, mix in the ziti and cook to al dente
6. In a separate saucepan, mix in the yellow onion, cut into half moon slices. Sauté until translucent, a few minutes
7. Mix the sausage into the pan with the Ziti and cook until browned all around
8. Once browned, mix the sausage/onion mixture into the pan with the sauce. Put a touch of chicken broth to thin out the sauce
9. Mix the sauce around until the sausage and onion are well coated
10. Cut up the basil leaves into strips, then turn off the heat of the sauce and mix in
11. Drain the pasta and put into a large mixing bowl. Then add in the sauce
12. Mix together thoroughly with all of the Parmesan cheese in the bowl
13. Once mixed, serve with freshly cut parsley on top