Marinara, or alla marinara – is a classic Italian sauce of bright red color, made from peeled tomatoes, garlic, olive oil, basil, and oregano. There are many variations that include onions, olives, capers, salted anchovies, and hot chili peppers. But in any case, this is a rich sauce where the “star” is still the tomatoes. It perfectly complements pasta, pizza, and meat dishes.
We based our recipe on the original, but as always, we made our minimal adjustments. We will show the entire cooking process below.
We will need:
peeled tomatoes – 1 can (400 g)
1 cup of water
3-4 cloves of garlic
olive oil
a mix of dried basil and oregano (for this amount of ingredients we took one tablespoon each)
1 fresh hot chili pepper
a pinch of salt (to taste).
продуктовий набір
Cooking
The only process that requires the use of a knife is finely chopping the garlic and chili pepper.
порізка часнику
порізка чилі
Next, we will only need a frying pan and 25-30 minutes of time.
We heat the frying pan, add olive oil.
додаємо часник
Quickly sauté the garlic, but do not let it start to brown. Reduce the heat under the frying pan and add the peeled tomatoes.
саме час вводити пелаті
When the water starts to evaporate from the tomatoes, add the finely chopped chili pepper and sauté for another five minutes.
додаємо перець чилі
Add water (with which we washed the remnants of tomato puree from the can), spices, and salt. Stir and cover with a lid that allows for evaporation.
спочатку спеції, потім вода
Reduce the heat to the minimum and let it simmer for 20 minutes.
в процесі випарювання
During this time, stir the sauce a few times and taste for salt.
тушкуємо під кришкою, інакше все навколо буде в марінарі
Voilà, our marinara sauce is ready!
готовий соус
We used it as an ingredient for another Italian dish – polpette. It was in this version of marinara sauce that we simmered these meatballs with parmesan and served them with pasta.
Bon appétit! ;)
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