Marinara Sauce

By pammy_k

A delicate tomato-based sauce that can be used as is, or with cooked ground beef and/or ground turkey or chicken.

Ingredients

• 2 Tbsp extra virgin olive oil
• 6 cloves garlic, minced
• 1 medium onion, diced
• 4 carrots, diced
• 2 ribs celery, diced
• 1/2 cup white wine
• 1 (28-oz) can tomato pureé
• 1 (28-oz) can crushed tomatoes
• 3 (28-oz) cans diced tomatoes
• 1 Tbsp dried oregano
• 1 Tbsp dried basil
• 1 Tbsp sugar
• 4 tsp kosher salt
• 1 tsp ground black pepper

Details

Preparation time 15mins
Cooking time 55mins

Preparation

Step 1

Heat the olive oil in a large saucepan over medium heat. Sauté the garlic and onion until aromatic and tender. Add the white wine and simmer for 1 minute.

Stir in the remaining ingredients, reduce the heat to low, and simmer for at least 40 minutes.

If desired, blend with emulsion blender until desired consistency.