Easy Marinara Sauce for Pasta and Pizza

Easy Marinara Sauce for Pasta and Pizza

Prep time:05 mins

Cooking Time:40 mins

Total Time:45 mins

Servings: 4 people 

This Marinara Sauce recipe can be used for making pasta and on Pizza. It is a simple tomato puree with a few basic ingredients such as onions, garlic and herbs such as thyme or oregano.This Marinara sauce is very easy to make - blanching the tomatoes and simmering them with basic ingredients; that's all!! This sauce can be made chunky or smooth. I prefer to make a puree of the tomatoes and the texture to the sauce comes from the onions, capsicums and garlic that are sauteed into it . Once prepared it stays good in the refrigerator for 2-3 days; longer in the freezer. Nice ripe and red tomatoes are recommended for the marinara sauce.
I have been making this sauce long before I knew that it was a Marinara Sauce. It was a recipe that I created out of my instinct and experience,  only to realize that this recipe is actually  existing and is called..... Marinara sauce !!. Wow to my instincts! It is an absolutely tried and tested recipe that can never go wrong. So get started......

Ingredients:

• 500 gram whole ripe and red tomatoes.I prefer to peel them before blanching
• 6-7 large cloves garlic, peeled and roughly chopped
• 1 small onion sliced 
• 1/4 cup diced green capsicum
• 2 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil
• 1 teaspoon dried oregano
• a pinch of red pepper flakes
• a pinch of black pepper powder
• 1 teaspoon of sugar or as needed
• Salt to taste 

Method:

1. In a medium, heavy-bottomed saucepan blanch the tomatoes and make a puree.
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
    
   
   
2. In another pan , warm the  extra virgin olive oil over medium heat. Add onions and garlic and stir fry for a few minutes till fragrant. 
   
   
   
   
3. Add the chopped capsicum and saute.
   
4. Then add the oregano.
   
5. Pour in the puree tomatoes, chili flakes, black pepper, sugar and salt. Bring the sauce to a simmer over medium-high heat stirring occasionally
   
   
   
   
6. Then lower the heat and  simmer for about 20 minutes, or until you see droplets of oil floating on the top 
   
7. Toss the pasta with this red luscious marinara sauce. This sauce keeps well, covered and refrigerated, for up to 3-4 days.You can even  spread on the pizza base before putting cheese and other toppings on it.
   
    

Tips:

1. Use good quality tomatoes.
2. Only lightly saute the garlic.We want the aroma of garlic and not the bitterness of burnt garlic 

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