Restaurant Style Spaghetti Sauce with Sausage

Name: Restaurant Style Spaghetti Sauce with Sausage
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 2 h
Total time: 2 h 20 min
Cuisine: Italian
Ingredients: 4 cloves fresh garlic (chopped); 120 ounces crushed tomato ((four 28-32 ounce cans) San Marzano if possible); 2 pounds sweet Italian sausage; ½ cup fresh basil (finely chopped); 1 ½ cup sweet onion (diced); ½ cup olive oil; 1 tbsp sea salt (or more to taste); 1/2 tsp black pepper (or more to taste); 1 tbsp sugar (optional)

Instructions

Prep:20minCook:2h

It's easy to make restaurant-style Spaghetti Sauce using just a few ingredients. Adding sausage makes the sauce even more flavorful, but if you don't eat meat its okay to leave it out. This is the recipe I used throughout my long restaurant career.

Updated at: Sat, 10 Jan 2026 01:59:36 GMT