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Gallery Basic Marinara Credit: Johnny Miller Recipe Summary prep: 5 mins total: 30 mins Servings: 4

Ingredients Ingredient Checklist 1/4 cup olive oil 3 cloves garlic, minced 1 medium yellow onion, diced small Salt and pepper 1 can (28 ounces) whole peeled tomatoes, pureed

Cook’s Notes You can’t go wrong with red sauce. Here’s how to stir up a pot of marinara – and tweak it too.

Gallery Basic Marinara Credit: Johnny Miller

Recipe Summary prep: 5 mins total: 30 mins Servings: 4

Basic Marinara      Credit: Johnny Miller  

Basic Marinara

Credit: Johnny Miller

Basic Marinara

Recipe Summary prep: 5 mins total: 30 mins Servings: 4

Recipe Summary

prep: 5 mins total: 30 mins

Servings: 4

prep: 5 mins

total: 30 mins

prep:

5 mins

total:

30 mins

Servings: 4

4

Ingredients

Ingredients

  • 1/4 cup olive oil 3 cloves garlic, minced 1 medium yellow onion, diced small Salt and pepper 1 can (28 ounces) whole peeled tomatoes, pureed

Directions

In a large saucepan, heat oil and garlic over medium until fragrant. Add onion and cook, stirring occasionally, until onion is very soft, 15 minutes. Season with salt and pepper. Add tomatoes and bring to a boil. Reduce to a rapid simmer and cook until slightly thickened, 10 minutes. Season with salt and pepper. Serve with 3/4 pound cooked pasta.

Cook’s Notes You can’t go wrong with red sauce. Here’s how to stir up a pot of marinara – and tweak it too.

Cook’s Notes

You can’t go wrong with red sauce. Here’s how to stir up a pot of marinara – and tweak it too.

Reviews (6)

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10 Ratings 5 star values: 8 4 star values: 2 3 star values: 0 2 star values: 0 1 star values: 0

10 Ratings 5 star values: 8 4 star values: 2 3 star values: 0 2 star values: 0 1 star values: 0

10 Ratings 5 star values: 8 4 star values: 2 3 star values: 0 2 star values: 0 1 star values: 0

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    Martha Stewart Member     Rating: 5 stars       01/12/2013   I tried all five of these variations (Basic Marinara, Meat Sauce, Mushroom Sauce, Puttanesca, and Amatriciana). They are all soooo good!  
    
    Martha Stewart Member     Rating: 5 stars       01/12/2013   Amatriciana: Once onion is soft, add 4 ounces diced bacon and 3/4 teaspoon red-pepper flakes; cook until bacon is crisp, about 8 minutes. Serve topped with 1 cup grated Pecorino Romano.  
    
    Martha Stewart Member     Rating: 5 stars       01/12/2013   Puttanesca: Once onion is soft, add 3 anchovies, 3 tablespoons capers, rinsed and drained, and 1/2 cup quartered pitted Kalamata olives, and 1/2 teaspoon red-pepper flakes and cook 1 minute, crushing anchovies with a spoon.  
    
    Martha Stewart Member     Rating: 5 stars       01/12/2013   Mushroom Sauce: Once onion is soft, add 1 pound quartered cremini mushrooms and 1/2 teaspoon dried thyme and saute over medium-high until browned, 10 minutes. Add 1/3 cup dry white wine and cook until evaporated. Serve topped with fresh parsley.  
    
    Martha Stewart Member     Rating: 5 stars       01/12/2013   Meat sauce: add 1/2 cup each diced celery and carrot with onion. When vegetables are soft, add 1 pound ground beef and cook until just cooked through, 8 minutes.  
    
    Martha Stewart Member     Rating: 5 stars       01/12/2013   This is the recipe for the Basic Marinara sauce, but while the picture shows the different ways to tweak this sauce, the recipe doesn't include those instructions. I can't leave one comment long enough to include all the instructions. So, I will leave four more comments after this! In addition to the Basic Marinara, you can also make Meat Sauce, Mushroom Sauce, Puttanesca, and Amatriciana by adding in different ingredient combinations.  
    

    Martha Stewart Member

    Rating: 5 stars 01/12/2013

I tried all five of these variations (Basic Marinara, Meat Sauce, Mushroom Sauce, Puttanesca, and Amatriciana). They are all soooo good!

Rating: 5 stars

Amatriciana: Once onion is soft, add 4 ounces diced bacon and 3/4 teaspoon red-pepper flakes; cook until bacon is crisp, about 8 minutes. Serve topped with 1 cup grated Pecorino Romano.

Puttanesca: Once onion is soft, add 3 anchovies, 3 tablespoons capers, rinsed and drained, and 1/2 cup quartered pitted Kalamata olives, and 1/2 teaspoon red-pepper flakes and cook 1 minute, crushing anchovies with a spoon.

Mushroom Sauce: Once onion is soft, add 1 pound quartered cremini mushrooms and 1/2 teaspoon dried thyme and saute over medium-high until browned, 10 minutes. Add 1/3 cup dry white wine and cook until evaporated. Serve topped with fresh parsley.

Meat sauce: add 1/2 cup each diced celery and carrot with onion. When vegetables are soft, add 1 pound ground beef and cook until just cooked through, 8 minutes.

This is the recipe for the Basic Marinara sauce, but while the picture shows the different ways to tweak this sauce, the recipe doesn’t include those instructions. I can’t leave one comment long enough to include all the instructions. So, I will leave four more comments after this! In addition to the Basic Marinara, you can also make Meat Sauce, Mushroom Sauce, Puttanesca, and Amatriciana by adding in different ingredient combinations.

All Reviews for Basic Marinara

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All Reviews for Basic Marinara

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