Basic Marinara Sauce

Submitted by Jennigator3

"I use this marinara sauce when I'm in a crunch to make dinner when I come home from work in the evenings. You don't need a lot of time to make this and it tastes like it's been simmering all day. It's also a very inexpensive sauce and it can be frozen and saved when made in large batches."

 

• Ready In: 35mins
• Ingredients: 9
• Serves: 4

ingredients

• 1⁄2 onion, chopped
• 3 garlic cloves, chopped
• 2 tablespoons olive oil
• 1 (28 ounce) can crushed tomatoes
• 1 cup water
• 3⁄4 cup red wine
• 1 tablespoon sweet basil
• 1 tablespoon oregano
• 1⁄2 tablespoon red pepper flakes

directions

1. In a medium saucepan, heat olive oil on medium-low heat.
2. Add chopped onion and saute 5-10 minutes until translucent being careful not to burn.
3. Add chopped garlic and saute 2 minutes.
4. Add red wine and reduce to half.
5. Add crushed tomatoes, water, basil, oregano, and red pepper flakes and bring to a boil.
6. Cover, reduce heat and simmer for at least 15 minutes.
7. Serve over pasta or with your favorite pasta recipe (i.e. baked ziti, lasagne, stuffed shells, etc.).

Reviews

[Noo8820]

A simple and enjoyable pasta sauce. I added a tsp of splenda , just to eliminate that 'tomato sting' that you sometimes get.<br/>Made for SPRING PAC 2012.