Homemade Marinara Sauce
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I just got back from our Farmer’s Market. The tomatoes are so ripe and perfect that I couldn’t walk away from them. So I bought 4 baskets of them! As I was driving home, I could smell how fresh these tomatoes were, and I wanted to prepare something delicious and healthy, so tada… homemade marinara (tomato) sauce. You can use this sauce on top of bread, vegetables, or …homemade pasta…yum
makes about 5 cups
- Author: Kim Nicholson
Ingredients
¼ cup unrefined, cold-pressed extra-virgin olive oil
1 large onion, finely diced
2 garlic cloves, finely chopped
4 pounds fresh, ripe tomatoes, peeled, seeded and diced
1 7-ounce jar of tomato paste (optional, for a richer, thicker sauce)
Sea salt to taste
A small handful of fresh basil leaves, thinly sliced*
Instructions
In a medium saucepan, heat the olive oil over medium-low heat. Add the onions and sauté gently until softened, about 10 minutes. Add the garlic and cook another minute.
Add the tomatoes and tomato paste with 2 generous pinches of sea salt and bring to a simmer. Cover the sauce, lower the heat and simmer for about 20 minutes.
Puree about half the sauce with an immersion blender or pass through a food mill. (You can also blend half the sauce in a blender or food processor. Put the sauce back into the saucepan.)
Add the basil and simmer for another 5 minutes or longer, if you have the time. Taste and adjust seasoning.