My Marinara Sauce
Description
To make a good marinara sauce you have to start with good tomatoes. Finding a good tomato product can involve a bit of trial and error. Look for canned tomatoes with no citric acid or calcium chloride added. When I make a sauce at home, I usually use whole plum tomatoes and crush them by hand. If you like the tomatoes more finely chopped, you can pulse them in a blender for a few seconds.
- Source: Cooking with the Firehouse Chef by Keith Young FDNY Ladder-156
From "Catsrecipes Y-Group"[1]
- Preparation time: 10 minutes | Cooking time: 45 minutes
- Serves 5 to 6
Ingredients
- 6 large cloves garlic, peeled and mince
- ½ cup extra-virgin olive oil
- 1 medium onion, diced
- 3 (28-ounce) cans whole plum tomatoes, hand crushed or blended
- 6 leaves fresh basil, chopped
- salt, to taste
- ½ teaspoon crushed red pepper, or to taste
Procedures
- In a large saucepan over medium-high heat, sauté the garlic in the oil for 2 to 3 minutes, until it starts to turn golden.
- Add the onion and sauté until it becomes translucent, about 5 minutes.
- Add the tomatoes, bring the sauce to a simmer, and continue to simmer for about 30 minutes.
- Add the basil, salt, and crushed red pepper, and simmer another 5 minutes.
- Taste the sauce and adjust the seasonings.
- Now it's ready to serve over your favorite pasta or to use as the base for another delicious sauce such as puttanesca or alla vodka.
- ↑ "Catsrecipes Y-Group" http://Groups.Yahoo.Com/Group/Catsrecipes/ Catsrecipes Y-Group
