Marinara Migliore (Italian Marinara Sauce)

Submitted by JelsMom

"This quick & easy sauce puts even the finest store-bought sauces to shame. Fresh herbs, sauteed onions, and zesty peppers create a rich, hearty sauce, perfect for your favorite pasta dish!"

 

• Ready In: 40mins
• Ingredients: 11
• Serves: 6-8

ingredients

• 1 tablespoon olive oil
• 2 (14 1/2 ounce) cans diced tomatoes
• 1 (28 ounce) can crushed tomatoes
• 1 cup diced red onion
• 3 tablespoons fresh basil, chopped
• 2 teaspoons italian seasoning
• 1 tablespoon fresh oregano, chopped
• 4 1⁄2 teaspoons sugar
• 1 (2 ounce) jar diced pimentos
• 1⁄2 - 1 teaspoon crushed red pepper flakes
• 1 -2 cup cooked italian sausage (optional)

directions

1. Cook Italian sausage & set aside.
2. Heat olive oil in large saucepan or pot. Saute onions in oil. Do not brown.
3. Drain liquid from diced tomatoes & pour liquid over onions.
4. Add basil, Italian seasoning, oregano, sugar, & red peppers. Simmer 30 minutes until reduced by half.
5. Add meat, all tomatoes, & pimentos, and cook 1 minute until just heated.
6. Serve!

Reviews

[CHRISSYG]

This is a great recipe! We had ravioli for dinner last night, I didn’t want a heavy meat sauce, and my husband loves a spicy marinara, so I tried this recipe. Very easy to make, full of flavor, and it holds well. Five stars all the way… (incidentally, I also made a small pot of my own marinara which is not spicy, my husband likes this one better… his new favorite. I’ll be making this again and again!)

 

[sugarpea]

This is way more complicated than my marinara sauce but it tastes far more complex than my marinara sauce. Makes plenty to freeze for future use. Loved the sausage addition.