Worlds Best Marinara Food

THE BEST MARINARA SAUCE

Steps:

• In a stockpot, heat oil over medium heat. Add onion; cook and stir until softened, 3-4 minutes. Add 2 tablespoons garlic; cook 1 minute longer. Add tomatoes, water and 1/2 cup basil; bring to a boil. Reduce heat; simmer, covered, until tomatoes are completely broken down and soft, about 1 hour, stirring occasionally., Press tomato mixture through a food mill into a large bowl; discard skins and seeds. Return tomato mixture to stockpot; add 1/2 cup of remaining basil, oregano and remaining garlic. Bring to a boil. Reduce heat; simmer, uncovered, until thickened, 3-1/2 to 4 hours, stirring occasionally. Add tomato paste and remaining 1/4 cup of basil; season with salt and pepper. , Add 1 tablespoon plus 1-1/2 teaspoons lemon juice to each of 3 hot 1-1/2-pint jars. Ladle hot mixture into jars, leaving 1/2-in. headspace. Remove air bubbles and adjust headspace, if necessary, by adding hot mixture. Wipe rims. Center lids on jars; screw on bands until fingertip tight., Place jars into canner with simmering water, ensuring that they are completely covered with water. Bring to a boil; process for 40 minutes. Remove jars and cool.

MARINARA SAUCE

Steps:

• In a large casserole pot, heat the oil over a medium-high flame. Add the onions and garlic and saute until the onions are translucent, about 10 minutes. Add the celery, carrots, and 1/2 teaspoon of each salt and pepper. Saute until all the vegetables are soft, about 10 minutes. Add the tomatoes and bay leaves, and simmer uncovered over low heat until the sauce thickens, about 1 hour. Remove and discard the bay leaf. Season the sauce with more salt and pepper, to taste. (The sauce can be made 1 day ahead. Cool, then cover and refrigerate. Rewarm over medium heat before using.)

PERFECT MARINARA SAUCE

Steps:

• Combine 3 tablespoons olive oil, 6 thinly sliced garlic cloves and a pinch of red pepper flakes in a large skillet and cook over medium-low heat until the garlic is golden, about 6 minutes. Crush a 28-ounce can of San Marzano plum tomatoes into the skillet with your hands; rinse the can with about 1 cup water and add to the sauce. Add a handful of torn basil leaves and season with salt. Increase the heat to medium and simmer, uncovered, until thick, 20 to 25 minutes. Toss with 1 pound cooked pasta (makes 4 cups sauce).

WORLD'S BEST MARINARA

Steps:

• Heat olive oil in a saucepan over medium heat; cook and stir onion and garlic until fragrant, about 2 minutes. Add mushrooms, red bell pepper, and parsley; cook and stir until mushrooms are slightly softened, about 2 minutes. Add oregano, sugar, basil, rosemary, sage, red pepper flakes, salt, and black pepper; stir to combine, 2 minutes.
• Stir tomato sauce into seasoned onion-mushroom mixture; cook over low heat until flavors have combined, 30 minutes.
• Transfer half the sauce to a blender; blend until smooth. Return to saucepan with the remaining sauce; stir to combine.

MARINARA SAUCE (THE BEST)

Steps:

• Add oil to a sauté pan, and sauté the onion and garlic.
• In a big enough pot add your 3 tomato sauces, onion and garlic, and enough water to make it a nice consistency.
• Heat until hot enough to add the spices, sugar, salt, and pepper.
• Now depending upon what you want to do, heat the sauce to 160 to 190 degrees, try to do this as long as possible for extra flavor--can take from 45 minutes to 2 hours.
• You now have a delicious marinara sauce that can be used in some of my other recipes, or for anything you want!

MARINARA SAUCE OF ALAN LEONETTI (((THE BEST)))

Steps:

• Empty 3 cans of crushed tomatoes into the pot.
• Slice all of the cloves of the elephant garlic bulb crosswise into either halves or thirds or pieces, and dump them into the pot.
• Dice the large onions, and dump that into the pot.
• Add the rest of the ingredients, and stir to mix well with a large long handled wooden spoon.
• Do not strain, as the pulp adds to make this a thick and wonderful sauce.
• Cover and cook on medium heat, stirring every 5 minutes until it bubbles and is completely heated throughout. This takes about 1 hour.
• Reduce heat to a simmer, and continue to simmer, stirring every 5 minutes to keep from burning or sticking to the bottom of the pot for 3 additional hours.
• Remove from heat, uncover, and give it one last stir.
• Allow it to completely cool.
• When it is completely cooled, stand up your 1 quart Hefty freezer bags in a row and with a large long handled cooking ladle place 3 ladles of sauce into each bag.
• Squeeze out as much air from each bag as possible and secure the bags shut.
• Mark the bags and place into the freezer.