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Marinara sauce

Cuisine Italian
Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 1 hour

Ingredients

  • 1 Large Onion
  • 3 Cloves Garlic
  • 1 Can Tomatoes
  • Oregano
  • Basil
  • Salt

Instructions

  • Dice and saute the onion for about 20 minutes
  • Add diced garlic and fry for about 2 minutes
  • Add oregano
  • Blend the tomato till almost smooth
  • Add tomato to onion
  • Cook on low heat for about an hour or until it reaches desired consistency
  • Season with salt, add basil and use as desired

Notes

  • For this recipe, I use dried oregano 
  • You can also use dried basil, just add it while the sauce is cooking, towards the end
  • The more you cook the sauce, you will get a rich deep flavoured sauce.  Less coking will yield a thin fresh tomato taste kind of sauce.  Should you desire that taste, it's best to use fresh tomatoes, but they have to be really good tomatoes.
  • Low heat is is good for this sauce 
  • The sauce has few ingredients, so the quality of the tomato plays a very important role