How to Make Italian Sausage (Better Than Sausage & Peppers!) One Pan Meal
This Italian Sausage with Tomatoes recipe (Salsiccia con Pomodorini) is the ultimate easy one-pan Italian dinner. If you are looking for how to cook Italian sausage in a pan so it stays juicy and creates a rich, authentic sauce, this traditional Southern Italian method is the best way to do it.
I found this recipe in an old cookbook inside an apartment I rented in Puglia, Italy. This is a rustic classic found on any Southern Italian table! Simple, fast, and a great alternative to the usual sausage and peppers. The sweet sausage, red onions, bay leaves, and white wine create a savory sauce that goes great with bread or served over pasta.
Ingredients:
2 lb sweet thin Italian sausage (cut into pieces)
1 lb ripe vine tomatoes (cherry or mid-sized), cut in half
1/2 cup dry white wine
1 red onion, sliced
3 Bay leaves
Fresh sage leaves
Extra virgin olive oil
Salt & black pepper (to taste)
Instructions:
1. Sauté the sliced onion, bay leaves, and sausage pieces in extra virgin olive oil until the onions soften.
2. Once the sausage starts to brown, pour in the white wine and let it reduce to concentrate the flavor.
3. Poke the sausage with a fork while cooking to release its juices into the pan.
4. Add the tomatoes and fresh sage leaves. Season with salt and pepper.
5. Lower the heat and simmer for about 10 minutes until the tomatoes break down into a thick, savory sauce.
6. Serve with some bread or over pasta!
⭐ Instructions:
0:00 Authentic Recipe from Puglia, Italy
0:28 Cutting up the Sausage
1:25 Sautéing Sausage, Onions and Aromatics
2:35 Deglazing with White Wine for Flavor
2:47 Poke for Juicier Sauce
3:24 Adding Tomatoes and Fresh Sage
4:02 Perfecting the One-Pan Sauce
5:19 Plating a Southern Italian Classic
6:21 Liquid Gold in the Pan
7:17 Giovanni
Why You’ll Love This Italian Recipe:
✅ One-Pan Meal: Quick prep and easy cleanup for a busy weeknight.
✅ Authentic Puglia Style: A real Southern Italian family favorite.
✅ The Perfect Sauce: The wine and tomato reduction creates a glaze you’ll want to eat with everything.
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20 Comments
Many places in the New York tristate and many Italian Americans make their sausage and peppers this way. I was never a fan but that’s just my preference.
I’m Sicilian. My mother taught me to make it the exact same way except water instead of wine, and green peppers instead of tomatoes. Just a matter of taste. 😊🇮🇹🤌
Que Rico! Looks similar to how I make it, we love it with white rice & beans, TY for sharing.
Beautiful.
Growing up here in Ohio, my friend's Nonna from Naples made her own sausage and literally everything else. It was all so delicious.
I thought of her when you made your pasta fagioli, because here in America she would put her sausage in it. Because she could and because America was a land of plenty.
Glad to follow your channel and the great food you are sharing.
Your bay leaves look fresh. Can I substitute dried? If so, how many would I add? Look great! I’m going to serve it with potatoes.
Super and taste recipe my dear friend 🎋🌷🌻🌹🥀💐🌸
MOLTO MOLTO DELICIOSO GRACIE
I WILL EATE THEN WITH A FRENCH BREAD LIKE A SANDWICH DIP IT IN THE SAUCE 😅
Looks tasty!
Simple tip for pricking sausage. I use one of those little yellow corn skewers you stick into the ends of corn cobs. Makes easy small holes and faster!!🎉
What can be used in place of the white wine? Lookong for no alcohol option.
I was happy to see you poke those sausages. A fellow from another cooking channel “scolded” folks for doing this. I always did this.
I’m no chef but I wouldn’t have thought that 10 min would be enough time to get the internal temperature for pork up to 160’?
Chef, is it imperative to wait until the sausage is browned before you prick the casing? I was thinking of doing it before it got hot so it wouldn't be as tricky. This looks so delicious. I made your meatballs and they came out soft, tender, and tasty.
Being sicilian love simple home made food loved this one❤
I can just imagine a good loaf of crusty bread, sopping up all those good juices! I will definitely try this the exact same way. Thank you for sharing! ❤
Oh man, that looks so good. I can almost smell it through the screen.
Looks delicious and once again simple. Will definitely be trying this.
The sausage looks really good, proper Italian sausage. I live in England and it’s they’re impossible to find. We have to make them ourselves.
I'll be trying this recipe next summer, when I have home grown tomatoes again😊