I love every Chef John recipe I've ever made! I've become a better cook because of Chef John. This recipe was another hit got my pasta loving husband and I! Easy too! The only change I made was fact I used both 24oz jars marinara in full (more than the 32oz noted) and linguine for my pasta (because we prefer it over spaghetti.
I love it before I made it because chef John has been on point with the recipes I’ve tried. Try the goulash recipe and you’ll feel the same way.
Did not meet our expectations. Followed recipe exactly.
This is a great recipe, I added about a tablespoon of minced onion after the sausage was fried and sautéed it for 2 minutes before adding the wine and a bay leaf when the tomatoes were added. Nice simple delicious sauce.
I was fully expecting tough, dry sausage after simmering it for an hour and a half, but this was really delicious! The sausage was firm but tender, and the premade sauce was really enhanced by the simmering time.
The only change I would make is NOT generously seasoning the pasta water. It might vary per brand of sausage and tomato sauce, but I found that even without adding any salt to the sauce itself, it ended up being a bit too salty. Your mileage may vary.
I’ve made this recipe several times in the past few months. I make it exactly as written. It’s perfect! I always trust Chef John.
Meh. I used hot Italian sausage so maybe that was too lean for this dish and went with Rao's pasta sauce... It was basically a spaghetti and meatballs week-night dinner for me. Nothing over the top, but good comfort food. May do it as a variation to spaghetti.
Thank you Chef John, excellent!!!!
I made this for dinner thinking how different/good could it be, I mean I like spaghetti but, you know, spaghetti is spaghetti. Well I stand corrected.
Chef John's recipe is everything he said. The white wine deglazing adds a subtle flavor enhancement and the sweet Italian sausage truly takes on the texture of meatballs once they've simmered in the sauce for 60 - 90 minutes. My wife and I were very pleasantly surprised by this meal.