Bon appétit! This simple yet comforting pasta dish, featuring savoury Italian sausage in a tomato sauce, will surely be a hit at your next dinner party

Ingredients
1 lb. Italian sausage links
½ lb. lean ground beef
1 tbsp. olive oil
1 onion, chopped
1 clove garlic, chopped
1 (16 oz.) can tomatoes
1 (15 oz.) can tomato sauce
1 tsp. salt
¼ tsp. ground black pepper
1 tsp. dried basil
1 tsp. dried oregano
1 bay leaf

Directions
1.  Remove casing from sausage links and cut into ½-inch slices. In a large skillet, brown sausage over medium heat for about 10 minutes; remove and set aside.
2. In a large skillet, heat ground beef, olive oil, garlic and onion over medium heat until meat is nicely browned; drain.
3. Pour in tomatoes and tomato sauce; mix in salt, ground black pepper, basil, oregano, bay leaf and cooked sausage. Simmer uncovered for 1 hour, stirring occasionally.
4. Bring a large pot of lightly salted water to a boil. Add pasta and cook for about 8 to 10 minutes or until al dente; drain.
5. Mix cooked sauce with hot pasta and remove bay leaf from sauce before serving.

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Marini Foods Ltd.
Perfectly grilled, flavourful sausages are the quintessential summertime treat. Marini Foods Ltd., along with its labels Rea and Bona, provide a variety of Italian-style deli meats throughout Canada, along with over 50 types of sausage products.
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