first you need a great recipe for sauce which has to have some good fat in it.... put 1/4 cup extra virgin olive oil in skillet and sautee 4 or 5 hot italian sausages until brown remove sausages and add 1/4 cup more oil to grease in pan. add 1 large chopped vidalia onion and 6 large cloves garlic finely chopped, and 3 peppers chopped rough(i prefer serano or a hot red chile for this dish but use what you like.. sautee till onion is soft add 6 oz tom paste and fry till nicely blended with oil and onions. add 28 oz chopped tomato (preferably plum) add 1/3 28 oz can water add 2/3 28 oz can full of cabernet sauvingnon mix well over medium low heat to a simmer and add sausages add tbs of basil, tsp mint, 1/2 tsp salt, tsp crushed red pepper(or favorite dry pepper) let simmer over low heat for an hour stirring often and adding more red wine if it gets too thick. add another dash each of basil, mint, pepper and serve over al dente vermicelli let me know if you like it.