Marinara Sauce Recipe

The quality of your marinara sauce is will be directly.

Marinara sauce recipe. Bring to a boil and season lightly with salt and crushed red pepper. Be careful not to burn. Heat oil in a medium heavy pot over medium.

Pour in tomatoes and use a wooden spoon to break tomatoes into chunks. How to Make Marinara Sauce. Cook onion stirring occasionally until very soft 810 minutes.

Cook over medium-high heat and bring to a boil. There is no heavy cream no wine and no anchovies in an authentic marinara sauce. In stockpot over medium low heat add oil and warm thoroughly.

Carefully add the tomatoes and their liquid. Add tomatoes and bring to a boil. Simmer sauce until thickened and oil on surface is a deep orange about 15 minutes.

Reduce the heat to simmering and simmer breaking up the tomatoes with a whisk. Not only is it delicious on its own over pasta but as you will see by browsing this site it is a good starting point for many other recipes. I developed this recipe with a friend to make the most of a bumper crop of tomatoes.

So thick you can literally use it as a pizza sauce as I do of course. The secret to the classic Italian sauce lies in slowly simmering the tomatoes with onion basil and garlic until thick and reduced and the natural sugars have concentrated their flavors. Pour in tomatoes and use a wooden spoon to break.