marinara sauce
Delicious marinara sauce for all your favorite pasta dishes
prep time
20 Min
cook time
1 Hr
method
Stove Top
yield
Makes enough for 2 meals - depending on how "saucy" you like it
Ingredients
- 1 large onion, chopped
- 1 tablespoon olive oil
- 2 tablespoons butter (not margarine)
- 1 tablespoon garlic, minced
- 6 ounces tomato paste
- 1 1/2 tablespoons basil, dried (or a large handful of fresh basil)
- 1 1/2 teaspoons salt
- 1/4 teaspoon black pepper
- 1 tablespoon sugar
- 1/4 teaspoon red pepper flakes
- 4 - 28 ounces canned whole tomatoes
How To Make marinara sauce
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Step 1In a large stock pot over medium heat, add butter and olive oil. Add chopped onion (I puree my sauce at the end so I don't worry about big chunks) cook and stir til translucent -
Step 2Add remaining ingredients (garlic, herbs and tomato) Stir together and add 1 of the 28oz cans of water to the sauce.
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Step 3With a stick blender, blend to your desired consistency. My daughter hates chunks so mine is always well pureed. If you don't have a stick blender, you can alternately blend your sauce in a blender - carefully....
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Step 4Bring to bubbly, slightly cover pot and simmer for at least 30 minutes. I actually simmer most of the day . When I make meatballs (recipe coming), I simmer them in the sauce all day.
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