Marinara Sauce

By laurenzembron

Marking your own marinara sauce is almost as easy as buying a jar at the grocery store... and you can customize it however you'd like!

Ingredients

• 1 Tbsp extra virgin olive oil
• 1 medium yellow or white onion, diced
• 2 large cloves garlic, minced
• 1/3 cup red wine (optional)
• 1 28 oz can fire-roasted diced tomatoes plus their juices
• 1 8 oz can tomato sauce
• 1 rounded Tbsp tomato paste
• 1 tsp honey
• 1/2 tsp Kosher salt
• 1/4 tsp freshly ground black pepper
• 2 tsp dried oregano
• 1 tsp dried basil
• 1/2 tsp red pepper flakes

Details

Preparation time 5mins
Cooking time 65mins

Preparation

Step 1

Heat about olive oil in a large saucepan over medium heat. Add in the onions and saute until tender and translucent, about 5 minutes, stirring often. Add in the garlic and saute until fragrant, about 30 seconds, stirring constantly.
Add in the rest of the ingredients, and bring to a gentle boil over medium-high heat.
Reduce heat to low and simmer sauce for about 1 hour.
Sample the sauce throughout the simmering time and adjust seasonings to taste.
Leave sauce chunky, or blend until smooth using an immersion blender (or regular blender).