Homemade Marinara Sauce

Name: Marinara Sauce
Prep time: 5 min
Cook time: 20 min
Total time: 25 min
Yield: 6
Cuisine: Italian
Ingredients: 2 tbsp extra-virgin olive oil; 1 medium onion; 3 cloves of garlic; 800g peeled tomatoes; 1 tsp oregano; salt; ground black pepper; 10 fresh basil leaves

This simple and delicious marinara sauce is a great staple. You can use this in a multitude of other recipes or just have it on a humble bowl of pasta. It takes less than half an hour to make and it tastes leagues better than buying a preprepared sauce from a shop.

Use the best quality tomatoes you can find. If using tinned, I try to go for whole San Marzano tomatoes. If using fresh, don't forget to skin your tomatoes first.

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Serves

Prep

Cook

20m

Total

25m

Ingredients

2 tbsp extra-virgin olive oil

1 medium onion

3 cloves of garlic

800g peeled tomatoes

1 tsp oregano

salt

ground black pepper

10 fresh basil leaves

Method

Take a casserole dish or large pot, add the olive oil and place on a medium low heat.
Finely chop your onions and and add to your pot once it has come to temperature stirring occasionally.
Once the onion is golden in colour, add the garlic, oregano and tomatoes then season liberally with salt and pepper. Break the tomatoes up with the spoon you are stirring with as they cook.
Let the sauce simmer for around 10 minutes and then remove from the heat. Tear the basil and fold into the sauce and serve.