Marinara recipe

sautee an onion in olive oil
add garlic, salt, crushed red pepper
crush whole tomatoes into the pan
simmer and add juice from the can to get the consistency you want
add oregano, basil & thyme
taste for salt & pepper
add a bit of sugar if you want it sweeter

toss al dente pasta in the pan to coat

Marcella Hazans butter tomato sauce: LINK

it depends upon if you want meat in your sauce or not. either way you can use this as a basic sauce:

olive oil
lightly brown any meat (ground meat, italian sausage, daube, meatballs, etc.) in the olive oil and remove
saute chopped yellow onion in olive oil till tender
add minced garlic and saute for a minute with some crushed red pepper and dried oregano
add a little tomato paste for body and stir
add crushed tomato and tomato sauce and water till desired consistency
add any meat back into sauce
add salt, black pepper and a bit of sugar to take the acidity edge off
simmer for 2-3 hours or longer till done
add freshly chopped basil at the end

I make a huge batch and end up with something like this

yep, sorry I missed that step. I edited for correction.

Big fan of the Hazan or Connant method (which is minimalist)

But there is always this.

LINK

That’s why I asked. The request was actually for sauce rather than marinara

I’m not sure the difference at this point but I used the below for a sauce on top of chicken parm and mixed with spaghetti. Found it on this board.

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Marinara sauce 3 cloves garlic, crushed 1/2 yellow onion, peeled and chopped fine 3 tablespoons olive oil chili flakes 2 (28 ounce) cans tomato puree, red pack brand if possible 1 (28 ounce) can crushed tomatoes, red pack brand if possible 1 tablespoon tomato paste, red pack brand if possible 1 teaspoon sugar 1 cup chicken stock red pepper flakes salt

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ina garten has a really good and easy recipe.

it's basically sauteed onions and garlic. then 1/2 cup red wine. crushed tomatoes. salt and pepper. and simmer.