Slow Cooker Tomato Pasta Sauce with Italian Sausage. You'll love the quality taste of Johnsonville Sausages with your next meal. If desired, skim and discard fat from sauce. This slow-cooked tomato sauce gets its rich flavor from sweet and spicy Italian sausage, ground beef, red wine, and herbs.

I like for most slow cooker recipes to not need any kind of browning or cooking on the stove, but this one does require some pre-cooking. Cook on medium for eight hours. There's nothing like slow cooked pasta sauce that's been simmering all day. You can cook Slow Cooker Tomato Pasta Sauce with Italian Sausage using 14 ingredients and 6 steps. Here is how you achieve it.

Ingredients of Slow Cooker Tomato Pasta Sauce with Italian Sausage

It's 12 oz. of Italian Sausage links, cut into 1-inch pieces.
You need 28 oz. of canned tomatoes, unsalted.
It's 1 cup of unsalted stock.
You need 1 of small onion, chopped.
You need 1/2 of bell pepper, cored and chopped.
Prepare 1/4 cup of chopped fresh Italian parsley.
You need 2 of bay leaves.
You need 1-2 teaspoons of dried oregano.
Prepare 6 of garlic cloves, peeled and lightly crushed.
Prepare 1/4 cup of ketchup.
It's 1 Tablespoon of Worcestershire sauce.
Prepare 1 teaspoon of kosher salt to start.
You need 1 teaspoon of fish sauce.
You need 1/4 teaspoon of black pepper.

This homemade spaghetti sauce is loaded with spicy Italian sausage, fire roasted tomatoes and crushed tomatoes. The sauce gets super thick, rich and loaded with flavor. Instead of simmering on the stove top, this Italian sausage spaghetti sauce simmers for hours in the slow cooker and develops a rich and deep flavor. Serve over some pasta noodles and sprinkle with parmesan cheese for a delicious, straight from an Italian restaurant, pasta dinner.

Slow Cooker Tomato Pasta Sauce with Italian Sausage step by step

Throw all the ingredients into your slow cooker..
Give it all a few good stirs..
Cook on low for 6 to 8 hours, or high for 4 to 5. It's a good idea to stir occasionally if you can to redistribute the seasonings. About 30 mins before you turn off the cooker is a good time to adjust seasonings so they can absorb - more salt if needed, maybe a pinch or two of sugar if your tomatoes are extra acidic, maybe a dash of Balsamic or extra Worcestershire if your tomatoes aren't tangy enough....
A warning about high setting - it can get pretty hot depending on volume & surface area. I have an 8.5 quart slow cooker, which means greater surface area and, as a result, a higher heat for the volume. At 4 hrs on high, I could smell the sugars from the tomatoes and ketchup going from caramelized to burnt on the sides. Less likely to happen if you have a smaller capacity cooker..
As a general rule, the lower the volume and/or the greater the surface area of the cooking vessel, the less the cook time. And there you have it. :).
Enjoy with pasta of choice..

Italian sausage recipes are so delicious! The slow cooker simmers everything together for such an amazing meal that is quick and easy. Feel free to try pasta sauce, spaghetti sauce or even marinara in this meal. We have used lots of things instead of the tomato sauce in a pinch and it was still so amazing. Stir the mixture, then set the slow cooker to low, and cook for eight hours.