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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28 Comments
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What brand of olive oil and butter do you use? My wife wants to make all your recipes. Thank you for your time.
This is a staple in our house and the only thing missing is a glass of red wine. Nicely done!
Hottest sausage on YouTube
I ❤ Italian sausage, the bigger the better, mmmm. I would eat the whole sausage myself and suck on succulent juices, mmmm.
Oh yes, this is going to be so good.
I love the italian breakfast sausage i once had access to. They were the size and shape of piglet tails i guess. The spices and seasoning was spot on.
Lamb sausage is wonderful. I don't know what place it has in italian cuisine.
Ohh yes!!🙏❤️❤️
I started viewing your videos a few weeks ago and love every one of them. You cook like my mother used to and it brings back so many good memories. Thanks!!
Are you by chance related to a Vet in Phila. with your same last name? He's originally from Italy and I had the pleasure of working with him in the past.
Doesn’t poking holes in the sausage dry it out? All the juice is now leaked out 😮
Oh man I remember those late night club days. Long Island tradition was after the club closed you went to a local diner to have french fries with melted mozzarella cheese and brown gravy on the side. 😋😋😋😋
Yeah, I’d definitely want to see more recipes from that book — preferably ones that don’t stick the meat with a fork.
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3, 4inch pieces? Those are 5 or 6.
Oh boy my childhod.👍👍 Forgot about.this. will make 2morroe
Yoo that looks absolutely delicious 😋 😍
Just made this with some fresh bread. Really good and came together quickly. I liked the sage flavor. Thanks!
Yummy 🌲🙏👍🏻🥘👩🍳💙
Wow. I left a comment on Vincenzo's Plate when he cooked sausages and put them on a bun with cheese and peppers how simply my family from Bari made them. It is EXACTLY the recipe you showed with the dipping of the bread in the sauce! I left the recipe and bread dipping part on Vincenzo's video. We ate these on Sunday morning when my Uncle Joe came to visit. These were prized recipes, and even more prized dipping the bread. It is amazing you found that book. The recipes are not on pages but in my heart.
Wow! A new way to cook my sausage. Delicious!!
So pleased I found this site
It looks fantastic, thanks for sharing. I prefer my sausages with more sear so would follow this recipe but cook the sausages quite a bit longer.
I would love to see a linguine and clam dish. Your recipes are amazing!
Do you think you may come out with a cook book?
All cooking videos should be like this one, (relatively) short, to the point.
I make it exactly the same except I substitute good Sicilian oregano instead of the siege
Hey Giovanni,
My husband and I have only just come across your channel. We are in Singapore
You have amazing recipes and great tips
We are looking forward to trying quite a few of them
Great channel and great hair😁
What is the hot burner you use?