I realize I am pretty bad about writing recipes. It's just another sign that I am becoming my mother. People are always asking her for her recipes and she can't explain them, it's a little of this, a little of that and you just have to watch her do it. I think my next goal for my food blog would be to start posting mini cooking vlogs by my mother because I think it's a fantastic way to archive her talent. So back to spaghetti. We've been watching The Sopranos through Netflix and it always gets my husband craving spaghetti. Lately, I've been making my sauce with ground turkey and I must say, I don't miss the red meat. This week my husband requested something out of the ordinary: turkey sausage. Hmmm. I have never bought sausage in my life but I've seen Giada cook with it so I figured I could give it a try. I still wanted a hearty meat sauce so ground turkey was mixed in with little rounds of sweet and spicy Italian turkey sausage. It was like having spaghetti with meatballs; it was delicious. I really don't think the way I make my spaghetti sauce is admirable because I combine crushed tomatoes with store bought tomato sauce which a true Italian would probably scoff at. But it tastes delicious. Here is what I did:
Heated up my dutch oven with a drizzle of olive oil and squeezed the meat out of a few sausage casings (I bought Harris Teeter Italian sausage). This was fun, I felt like a butcher. I broke the meat up into little balls while it browned. Removed the meatballs. Sauteed half an onion, four cloves of garlic. Sprinkled in Indian spices (garam masala, cumin, coriander, red chili powder). Browned turkey meat. Salt, pepper. Poured red wine in, let the meat absorb it. Then I added a can of crushed tomatoes and added fresh herbs (rosemary, thyme, sage, basil) and a spoon of fresh pesto. Lastly, I poured in a can of tomato sauce and sprinkled in some cayenne pepper for heat and added a bay leaf. I let this simmer for about an hour, and then I tossed in the turkey sausage.
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