tomato beer sauce

west islip, NY
Updated on May 7, 2012

This dish is simple and soooo goood!!! This dish is a more delicious version of the standard spaghetti-sauce dinner!! Try it and enjoy =)

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yield 6 - 8

Ingredients

  • 1 pound cooked sweet italian sausages (optional, you could sub with cooked chicken or keep plain)
  • 4 bottles budweiser beer or similar beer
  • 4 tablespoons olive oil
  • 1 - sweet onion, diced
  • 2 cloves garlic, minced
  • 2 - 29 ounces cans of diced tomatoes
  • 3 - 4 - pieces of basil or a few shakes of dried basil
  • 2 pounds penne pasta or pasta of your choice
  • 2 tablespoons sugar ( for reduction of acid in sauce)

How To Make tomato beer sauce

  • Step 1
    take big sauce pot and add your olive oil with your onions and cook until translucent. Then add your garlic and cook until garlic is golden brown.
  • Step 2
    Add your 2 cans of diced tomatoes, add a can of water and let cook until your sauce comes to a simmer. When your sauce comes to a simmer add 2Tbsp of sugar, keep stirring until sugar is dissolved and add your basil leaves.
  • Step 3
    Add 2 Bottles of beer to the tomato sauce and let the sauce come to a boil then cook on med/low heat and you could add your cooked sausage or chicken, or just let cook on low if you are keeping the sauce plain.
  • Step 4
    while your sauce is cooking. Add 2 bottles of beer in a pot and fill the pot the rest of the way with water. Add salt to cut the bitterness. Cook on high when the water comes to a boil add your Pasta and cook until al dente.
  • Step 5
    Drain your pasta. Top your pasta with the delicious beer sauce, add some Parmesan cheese if desired and enjoy!!

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Category: Pasta
Culture: Italian
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