A Simple Marinara Sauce
"A good base for an Italian pasta dish or pizza.
Note: Once the sauce is prepared taste and adjust the seasoning. If the sauce tastes too acidic, add a pinch baking soda and cook for 5 more minutes. If it needs a touch of sweetness, add a pinch of sugar or a squeeze of honey and cook for 5 more minutes."
- Ready In:
- 1hr
- Ingredients:
- 7
- Yields:
-
4 cups
- Serves:
- 4-6
ingredients
- 2 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil
- 1 medium sweet onion, diced
- 3 large garlic cloves, minced
- 32 ounces tomato puree
- 1 tablespoon fresh Italian parsley, chopped
- 1 tablespoon fresh basil, chopped
- 1 teaspoon kosher salt
directions
- Heat the olive oil in a large heavy bottomed sauce pan over moderate heat. Add the onion and saute about 5 minutes.
- Add the garlic and simmer for another 4 - 6 minutes.
- Add the tomatoes to the onion and garlic and bring to a simmer.
- Add the salt, parsley and basil and simmer until reduced to a sauce-like consistency, about 15 minutes.
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I'm a 35 single mom of one wonderful 16 year old son who happens to be the world's pickiest eater. I'm a human resource director for a non-profit private special education school. Cooking is my #1 hobby. Ironically, I became interested in all things cullinary after I had gastric bypass surgery 7 years ago. Losing that much weight & as quickly as I did really changed my relationship with food. (I lost 128 lbs - 258 lbs before, 130 lbs now)
