Homemade Marinara Sauce Recipe
This is a take on my Italian mother in law's sauce recipe. This sauce is easy to make and perfect for making a big batch to freeze ahead of time.
Equipment
- large pot
Ingredients
- 1 yellow onion, chopped
- 4-5 cloves garlic, minced
- 3 tbsps olive oil
- 2 cans San Marzano whole tomatoes
- 5-6 leaves basil
- 1 tsp oregano
- 3 tbsps sugar
- salt, to taste
- pepper, to taste
Optional
- red pepper flakes
Instructions
- In a high speed blender, blend San Marzano tomatoes until a liquid forms and no seeds remain.
- Heat olive oil in a pot on medium heat. Make sure that it is olive oil and not extra virgin olive oil (see why here).
- Add onions. Cook until fragrant.
- Once the onions start changing color, add the garlic. Cook for 30 seconds to 1 minute.
- Add blended tomatoes. Bring to a boil and then simmer for 1 hour.
- Add sugar, salt and pepper to taste.
- Add basil and spices when there is about five minutes left. You can sub fresh basil for 1-2 tsp of dried basil or Italian seasoning.