Marinara Sauce With Fresh Herbs Recipes

HOMEMADE MARINARA SAUCE

Steps:

• Place the olive oil in a large pan over medium heat.
• Add the onion and cook for 3-4 minutes or until softened. Stir in the garlic and cook for 30 seconds.
• Add the tomatoes and all their juices from the can, oregano, red pepper flakes, salt, pepper, fresh basil and 1/4 cup water.
• Stir to combine. Bring to a simmer. Reduce the heat to low and cook for 20 minutes or until sauce has started to thicken. Taste and add more salt and pepper if needed.
• Remove the basil sprigs and discard. This makes a chunky sauce. If you prefer a smooth sauce, you can puree some or all of it in a blender. Serve immediately or store in the refrigerator for up to 4 days.

FRESH TOMATO MARINARA SAUCE

Steps:

• Heat olive oil in a stockpot over medium heat. Cook and stir onion in hot oil until softened, about 5 minutes; add tomatoes, garlic, and bay leaf. Bring the liquid from the tomatoes to a boil, reduce to medium-low, and simmer mixture until tomatoes are softened, about 30 minutes.
• Stir red wine, honey, basil, oregano, marjoram, salt, black pepper, fennel seed, and crushed red pepper into the tomato mixture; bring again to a simmer and cook until herbs have flavored the sauce, about 30 minutes more.
• Stir balsamic vinegar into the sauce.

HOMEMADE MARINARA SAUCE WITH FRESH HERBS

Steps:

• Cut onion and carrot into chunks. Trim tops from fennel, then cut fennel in half lengthwise, cut out dense core in a V, and cut bulb into chunks. Pulse vegetables and half the garlic cloves in a food processor until finely chopped, but don't pulse so much that you create a puree. Chop remaining garlic by hand and set aside.
• Heat a large frying pan over medium-high. Add 2 tablespoons olive oil, and when it's hot, add vegetables from food processor. Season with 1 teaspoon salt. Cook, stirring frequently, until vegetables are soft and fragrant but not browned, about 10 minutes.
• Add reserved chopped garlic to vegetables and cook until softened but not browned, another 2 minutes. To create deeper flavor, ''toast'' the tomato paste: Scoot the vegetables to one side of the pan, drop in the tomato paste, and cook it while scraping and stirring until it has browned slightly, about 5 minutes.
• Stir in both types of tomato and the 1/4 cup olive oil. Then stir in 1 teaspoon sugar, 1/2 teaspoon red pepper flakes, and the rosemary sprigs. Stack basil leaves, roll, cut crosswise into shreds, and add them to sauce.
• Adjust heat so sauce bubbles gently. Cover pan and cook sauce 45 minutes, stirring occasionally.
• Remove lid and continue to simmer until sauce reduces and thickens slightly, another 30 minutes, stirring frequently and scraping around sides of the pan.
• Taste sauce and add more salt or red pepper flakes; or if sauce still seems acidic, add a pinch of sugar. Remove rosemary sprigs and discard, but don't worry about rosemary needles that will have fallen off. They are soft and tasty now!
• Serve marinara with any pasta shape, soft polenta, or meatballs; or use as a pizza topping. Store in refrigerator up to 5 days, or freeze up to 2 months.

MARINARA SAUCE WITH FRESH HERBS

Steps:

• In a heavy 2-quart saucepan, heat the olive oil over medium heat and sauté the garlic and red pepper flakes for 1 to 2 minutes. Be careful not to brown the garlic. Add the wine and simmer for 10 to 12 minutes, or until the wine is reduced by half.
• Reduce the heat to low, add the tomatoes, and simmer, partially covered, for 20 minutes, stirring occasionally. Add the basil, oregano, and anchovy paste. Stir the sauce and taste for seasoning, adding salt as needed. If the sauce is too acidic, add the sugar. (It will help round out the flavor of the sauce.) Stir and simmer the sauce for 1 to 2 minutes. For a thicker sauce, cook for an additional 10 minutes.
• Make Ahead
• The sauce will keep, covered, in the refrigerator for up to 7 days or in the freezer for up to 6 months.

MARINARA

Steps:

• In a large saucepan, heat oil over medium-high heat. Add onions; cook and stir until tender, 3-5 minutes. Add garlic; cook and stir 1 minute longer. Stir in remaining ingredients. Bring to a boil. Reduce heat; cover and simmer until thickened and flavors are blended, 30-45 minutes, stirring occasionally and breaking up tomatoes with wooden spoon.

MARINARA SAUCE

Steps:

• In 3-quart saucepan, stir all ingredients until well mixed.
• Heat to boiling; reduce heat to low. Cover and simmer 30 minutes to blend flavors. Use sauce immediately, or cover and refrigerate up to 2 weeks or freeze up to 1 year.

CHUNKY GARLIC AND HERB MARINARA SAUCE

Steps:

• Clean the garlic and finely dice.
• Clean the onion and roughly chop.
• In a large stockpot, place the olive oil. Add the garlic and onion. Cook, stirring occasionally, over medium high heat for about 5 to 7 minutes.
• Wash and roughly chop the tomatoes.
• Add to garlic and onion. Cook and stir for 10 minutes.
• Add cans of diced tomatoes, tomato paste, red wine, cane sugar, salt and pepper.
• Wash and roughly chop the basil and oregano. Stir into the sauce.
• Lower heat to medium low and let simmer, stirring occasionally, for 25 to 30 minutes. Serve with your favorite pasta!
• This recipe makes 2 quarts of sauce. Even better the next day, but if you prefer simply seal in a freezer bag or container and freeze. Will keep up to 4 months. Just thaw, heat and serve!

BEST MARINARA

Steps:

• Heat oil in large skillet over medium heat. Stir in onion, garlic and celery and cook until soft. Pour in tomatoes and tomato paste, stir, reduce heat and simmer 5 minutes. Stir in parsley, basil, oregano, salt and pepper; simmer 15 minutes, uncovered. Serve.