MARTHASTEWART.COM

Marinara Sauce

Find More

The secret to memorable sauce is good-quality tomatoes and lots of fresh garlic.
Martha Stewart Living, January 2011
  • Prep Time 10 minutes
  • Total Time 40 minutes
  • Yield Makes 6 cups
Add to Shopping List

Ingredients

  • 3 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil
  • 1 medium onion, chopped
  • 4 garlic cloves, thinly sliced
  • 2 cans (28 ounces each) peeled whole tomatoes, pureed in a food processor
  • 1/2 teaspoon crushed red-pepper flakes
  • Coarse salt and freshly ground pepper
  • 1/4 cup fresh basil, leaves torn
  • 1 tablespoon chopped fresh oregano

Directions

  1. Heat oil in a large heavy pot over medium heat. Cook onion and garlic until soft and translucent, about 8 minutes. Add tomatoes, red-pepper flakes, 1 teaspoon salt, and some pepper. Simmer, covered, until thick, 25 minutes. Stir in herbs.

Recipe Reviews

  • grizzli
    3 Feb, 2011

    may i be so bold as to suggest that you add to this lovely recipe: one half cup of Martini and Rossi sweet vermouth.... it adds depth of flavor to the tomato...by the way... other brands won't have the same impact!

Save to your Collections

Sorry for the inconvenience! Saving is temporarily unavailable as we work through a few kinks in our new recipe design (we hope you like it!). Don't worry, your collections are safe and you'll be able to save recipes again very soon.

Review this Recipe

Reviewing recipes is temporarily unavailable as we work through a few kinks in our new recipe design. You'll be able to comment again soon. Sorry for the inconvenience!

More from Food

Quick Chicken Recipes

Find delicious chicken dinner recipes, all ready in under an hour.

New From Our Blogs

Shared On Facebook