Looking for a sauce that wins the approval of any dinner party? Call it tomato or pizza sauce, Marinara sauce will put smile on the faces!
Marinara Sauce is tomato sauce with garlic, basil and oregano. In some cases, olives, capers or salted anchovies are also added. What’s the difference between Marinara Sauce and tomato sauce? It depends on how we prepare tomato sauce. There is no clear distinction between the two, especially as all Marinara Sauces are based on tomato sauce but apparently not all tomato sauces are marinara sauce.
If we make tomato sauce with onions, garlic, basil and oregano then we have already made marinara sauce without us even knowing about it. Now we can peg a name to our masterpieces and show off our skills in the Italian cuisine and announce Marinara Sauce at family dinners like it weren’t just plain tomato sauce but something much more of a significance.
That is nothing sweeter than to reap the benefits of our long labor by crowning it with the smiles of approvals and nothing is easier than using Italian dishes to get those smiles, even if it’s just a tomato sauce.
Ingredients
- ½ cup / 125ml Oil
- 2 medium Onion
- 1 teaspoon Salt
- 2 cloves Garlic
- 28 oz / 800g Tomato sauce
- ¼ cup / 30g Capers (optional)
- ½ cup / 50g Olives (optional)
- 1 tablespoon Basil
- 1 tablespoon Oregano
How to make marinara sauce
- Dice up onions.
- Heat olive oil in a pan then saute the diced onion on high heat until it gets a glassy / translucent look for about 3-5 minutes.
- Add the crushed garlic and saute until it gets fragrant for about a minute.
- Mix in the pureed tomato.
- Add the optional capers and olives.
- Stir everything together nicely then place a lid halfway on pan and cook the sauce until its water content is somewhat reduced, for about 20 – 3o minutes.
- 10 minutes before finishing, stir in basil and oregano. With aromatic herbs -especially fresh ones- it is recommended to wait until the end so the dish can keep their scent.
Enjoy!
Marinara Sauce Recipe
Ingredients
- ½ cup / 125ml Oil
- 2 medium Onion
- 1 teaspoon Salt
- 2 cloves Garlic
- 28 oz / 800g Tomato sauce
- ¼ cup / 30g Capers optional
- ½ cup / 50g Olives optional
- 1 tablespoon Basil
- 1 tablespoon Oregano
Instructions
- Dice up onions.
- Heat olive oil in a pan then saute the diced onion on high heat until it gets a glassy / translucent look for about 3-5 minutes.
- Add the crushed garlic and saute until it gets fragrant for about a minute.
- Mix in the pureed tomato.
- Add the optional capers and olives.
- Stir everything together nicely then place a lid halfway on pan and cook the sauce until its water content is somewhat reduced, for about 20 – 3o minutes.
- 10 minutes before finishing, stir in basil and oregano. With aromatic herbs -especially fresh ones- it is recommended to wait until the end so the dish can keep their scent.
Notes
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