Marinara Sauce


Serves: 5
Total Calories: 161

Ingredients

1/4 cup olive oil
2 cloves large garlic, crushed
pinch of crushed red pepper
3 pounds fresh plum tomatoes, peeled, seeded, and chopped, or 1 (28-ounce) can imported Italian peeled tomatoes with their juice, passed through a food mill
salt to taste
4 fresh basil leaves, torn into bits

Directions:

1 Pour the oil into a medium saucepan. Add the garlic and red pepper. Cook over medium heat, turning the garlic once or twice until it is golden, about 5 minutes. Remove the garlic from the pan.

2 Add the tomatoes and salt to taste. Cook 20 minutes, stirring occasionally, or until the sauce is thickened.

3 Turn off the heat and stir in the basil. Serve hot. Can be made ahead and stored in a tightly sealed container in the refrigerator up to 5 days or in the freezer up to 2 months.

From "1,000 Italian Recipes." Copyright 2004 by Michele Scicolone. Used with permission of the publisher, Wiley Publishing, Inc. All Rights Reserved.

Nutritional Facts:

Serves: 5
Total Calories: 161
Calories from Fat: 96

This Marinara Sauce recipe is from the Cook'n in Italy Cookbook. Download this Cookbook today.




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