quick marinara sauce

A fast and easy recipe for Marinara Sauce using fresh or canned tomatoes, with garlic, onions and oregano and basil cooked on the stovetop in under 30 minutes. Use this classic Marinara Sauce on pasta, pizza or meatballs.

Classic Marinara Sauce

olive oil

shallots

garlic

chili flakes (or up to 1/4 teaspoon for a nice kick)

tomatoes

oregano

salt,more

pepper, more to taste

8-10 basil leaves, torn

Prep the tomatoes

If using fresh tomatoes, quarter them and blend in a blender. Alternatively, slice them in half and grate the flesh, leaving the skins behind.

Saute

In a saute pan, saute shallot or onion over medium heat, for just a few minutes until just tender and fragrant, add the garlic, saute 1-2 minutes. Add the chili flakes and stir for one minute. Add the oregano, and give a stir. Add the tomatoes and all their juices. (If using canned tomatoes, break them apart with a metal spatula as best you can and add all the juice from the can-then add one cup of water rinsing out the can. ) Stir in the salt and pepper.

Simmer

Bring to a simmer, uncovered, and simmer gently 8-10 minutes over medium-low heat,  stirring occasionally, until sauce begins to reduce and thicken. Reduce by one cup ( so you&#8217;ll end up with 3 cups).  If you used the canned whole tomatoes, feel free to blend with an immersion blender.

Stir in the torn basil leaves. Taste, adjust salt, pepper and chili flakes, adding more if you like. If your sauce lacks sweetness, stir in some tomato paste and/or maple syrup.  If your sauce seems watery, just continue to cook it gently uncovered for a few more minutes. If it gets too thick add a splash of water, or if too sweet, balance it with a few drops of vinegar.

Use on pasta or spaghetti or on meatballs. To use as a pizza sauce, cook it down just a few more minutes, to thicken a little more if you like. 😉

Love this made with grated fresh tomatoes.  And it freezes well too!

This was wonderful. I only had about half the fresh tomatoes from my garden, so I added a 15 ounce can of diced tomatoes after I blended them up. What a great and easy idea to get the taste of the fresh tomatoes without all the skinning and seeding. The herbs and spices were just right. I went to the heavy side of the chili flakes and it was perfect. Definitely adding to my rotation. I had a little bit with some roasted pecorino zucchini for a light supper.

nice recipe however dry herbs should be rubbed between palms. then added to the olive oil stir several times to release their flavorful oils , then add a good squeeze of tubed tomato paste bout a tablespoon stir breaking it up so it cooks then add other ingredients stir altogether follow recipe from there

did you really like the tip on rubbing dry herb between palms

I’m just making my second batch! It’s amazing, taste like the sauce in Italy. Thank you fir the recipe

Excellent! Could you please post a lentil bolognese sometime too?

great easy recipe that used up some of my tomato bounty. thanks for the pureeing suggestion. I hadn't thought of that &amp; it worked great. I learned a trick for cutting the acidity of tomato sauce from an Italian chef. add some finely diced carrot to the sauce along with the onion. after years of using a bit of brown sugar or more salt to tone it down I've been able to skip it thanks to the carrot. I love all your recipes and am a faithful follower-thanks for all the effort.

Simple and fresh!  I added a bit of red wine and a spoonful of calabrian chiles instead of chill flakes, it turned out great.

Very detailed and good so easy to make. Thsnks fir sharing I love marinara sauce

Lovely. It has so much flavor in such a quick sauce! It’s funny how important the tomato paste is for depth. I’ll try it again with canned tomatoes in the off-season or maybe go half and half. It’s perfect with the Italian Baked Beans and Greens!

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