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Marinara Mother Sauce Recipe

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Category:
Category:
Ingredients:  
Ingredients:  
1 28 oz. Canned Crushed Tomato
1 16 oz. Canned Tomato "Sauce"
1 8 oz. Canned Tomato Paste
1 oz. Red Wine (cheaper the better!)
1/3 c. Cane Sugar Granulated
5 to 10 Fresh Basil Leaves
Dried Oregano
Dried Thyme
1 Onion (Yellow/Brown)
2 tbsp. chopped garlic
1 tbsp. Olive or Grapeseed Oil
Salt and Pepper to taste
Directions:
Directions:
Prep:
In blender, puree onion and garlic.
Finely shred (Chiffonade) basil leaves.
Preheat 4 qt. sauce pot.

Cook:
Using a dab of oil in hot pan, saute onion/garlic until aromatic. Maintain heat until liquid begins to evaporate. Add wine to deglaze. Continue the simmer until alcohol has had enough time to evaporate from wine. Lower heat, add crushed tomatoes, tomato sauce, sugar, oregano, thyme and salt/pepper. Stir until combined.

Cook over low heat, stirring every 10 to 15 minutes for a minimum of an hour (the longer, the better the flavor develops)

Make sure to be tasting over this cooking time, when the acidity is gone and the sauce is hitting your palate nicely, add tomato paste, half a can at a time, to thicken. Stir in fresh basil. Add additional seasoning to taste.

Serve over pasta. Our preference is to also saute italian sausage links. This can also be frozen and used in a crock pot for base of other dishes, such as Cacciatore.
Number Of Servings:
Number Of Servings:
8-10
Preparation Time:
Preparation Time:
15 Minutes
Personal Notes:
Personal Notes:
My years in Las Vegas working at Battistas, a 50 year old staple, gave me the opportunity to work with recipes that had been handed down to the owner and his family for generations. Mr. Battista still served this recipe in the restaurant when I left for California. It's subtly sweet, just enough tangy and really simple to make.

 

 

 

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