Best Italian Marinara Sauce Recipe

How to make the best, authentic Italian Marinara Sauce recipe from scratch, with organic San Marzano tomatoes, garlic and fresh basil. 

Easy, chunky, creamy, rustic, hearty, flavorful marinara sauce or as known in America “Sunday Gravy” , is made at home with a few ingredients and a little patience. This is so good you’ll never be able to buy it in a jar. Gotta make your own kids!

The secret to the classic Italian sauce, lies in slowly simmering the tomatoes with onion, basil and garlic until thick and reduced and the natural sugars have concentrated their flavors. So thick you can literally use it as a pizza sauce as I do of course. 

There is no heavy cream, no wine and no anchovies in an authentic marinara sauce.

Ingredients :

• 2 X 28 oz cans San Marzano Tomatoes
• 1/2 yellow onion -diced
• 8 cloves garlic -minced
• 4 sprigs basil
• 4 tbsp extra virgin olive oil
• 1 leaf bay
• 1/3 c fresh basil leaves - sliced or torn
• 1 pinch sea salt ( or to your taste)

Instructions :

1. Heat a heavy bottom large pot on medium low flame. Add a lug of olive oil and the diced onion with a pinch of sea salt. Cook for about 10 minutes until traslucent taking good care not to burn it.
2. Stir in the minced garlic and let it infuse the oil for about 30 seconds.
3. Use your hands and crush the tomatoes as you add them to the pot with the onion and garlic. Rustic chunks are what we are after.
4. Add the bay leaf and the 4 sprigs of basil then bring everything to a gentle simmer. Partially cover with a lid and cook down until reduced and thick to your liking. About an hour or so. Stir a few times making sure the sugars from the tomatoes don’t stick to the bottom.
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