Splendicious Slow Cooker Spaghetti Sauce

Splendicious Slow Cooker Spaghetti Sauce
Splendicious Slow Cooker Spaghetti Sauce is a gluten free and dairy free recipe with 16 servings. This sauce has 173 calories, 5g of protein, and 11g of fat per serving. This recipe covers 12% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. If you have basil, parsley, cayenne pepper, and a few other ingredients on hand, you can make it. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes about 9 hours and 15 minutes.

Instructions

1
Mix together the crushed tomatoes, tomato sauce, stewed tomatoes, 1 cup of red wine, green olives, 4 teaspoons of sea salt, basil, oregano, paprika, and cayenne pepper in a slow cooker. Set the cooker to Low.
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2
While the cooker is warming up, place 3 tablespoons of olive oil in a skillet over medium heat, and cook 3/4 cup of sweet onion until the onion just begins to soften, about 2 minutes; stir in 1 clove of garlic. Cook the mixture for 3 more minutes before mixing in parsley and mushrooms. Reduce heat, and simmer the mixture for about 10 minutes. Stir in the brown sugar, and mix to dissolve.
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3
While the parsley and mushrooms are simmering, heat 3 more tablespoons of olive oil in a skillet over medium heat, and stir in the remaining onion and the sausage. Brown the sausage, breaking the meat up into crumbles as it cooks, about 10 minutes; season the mixture with white pepper and cumin.
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4
Pour 1 cup of red into the skillet, and scrape the pan with a wooden spoon to dissolve any brown flavor bits into the wine. Simmer for about 10 minutes; pour the sausage mixture into the skillet with the parsley and mushrooms. Bring to a simmer over medium-low heat just until all the ingredients have had time to introduce themselves to each other, about 10 minutes.
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5
Pour the sausage mixture into the slow cooker.
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6
Cook on Low for 8 hours to overnight.
7
Add more red wine or water if needed to prevent the sauce from getting too thick and burning on the bottom.
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SauceSauce
WaterWater
DifficultyExpert
Ready In9 hrs, 15 m.
Servings16
Health Score11
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