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Best Italian Marinara Sauce Recipe
How to make the best, authentic Italian Marinara Sauce recipe from scratch, with organic San Marzano tomatoes, garlic and fresh basil.
👥 6 Servings⏱️ Prep & Cook: 1h 5m⏳ Prep: 5 min🔥 Cook: 1h👤 CiaoFlorentina.com📖 ciaoflorentina
🥘 Ingredients
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🍳 Cookware
- pot
📝 Preparation Steps
1
Heat a heavy bottom large pot on medium low flame. Add a lug of olive oil and the diced onion with a pinch of sea salt. Cook for about ⏱️ 10 minutes until traslucent taking good care not to burn it.
sea salt (or to your taste)1 pinch
2
Stir in the minced garlic and let it infuse the oil for about ⏱️ 30 seconds.
garlic (-minced)8 cloves
3
Use your hands and crush the tomatoes as you add them to the pot with the onion and garlic. Rustic chunks are what we are after.
garlic (-minced)8 cloves
4
Add the bay leaf and the 4 sprigs of basil then bring everything to a gentle simmer. Partially cover with a lid and cook down until reduced and thick to your liking (about an hour or so). Stir a few times making sure the sugars from the tomatoes don’t stick to the bottom.
5
After the sauce has reduced season to taste with the sea salt. Discard the bay leaf and basil sprigs.
sea salt (or to your taste)1 pinch
6
Finish with a drizzle of fine cold pressed extra virgin olive oil and the reserved fresh basil. Serve with your favorite pasta to transfer to jars and refrigerate up to one week.
extra virgin olive oil (or light olive oil)4 tbsp
Nutrition Facts
calories
753 kcal
fat Content
15 g
serving Size
1 serving
fiber Content
39 g
sugar Content
91 g
sodium Content
2727 mg
protein Content
34 g
cholesterol Content
0.1 mg
carbohydrate Content
152 g
saturated Fat Content
2 g
unsaturated Fat Content
11 g
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