Easy Marinara Sauce

This is my recipe for marinara sauce. I use it quite often, for pastas, eggplant parmigiana and even as a dip for baked mozzarella sticks. The best thing about this recipe is its simplicity! You only need 6 ingredients and it takes only an hour and a half to make (most of which is spent out of the kitchen).

This recipe will make a small batch of sauce, equivalent to one jar of storebought pasta sauce.

Basic marinara sauce

Ingredient List:

8 Roma tomatoes, quartered

A small handful of grape or cherry tomatoes

1 small onion, sliced

1 head of garlic, cloves separated, but not peeled

1 TBSP Italian seasoning

Drizzle of olive oil

Instructions:

1.) Preheat oven to 425 degrees Fahrenheit 

2.) Line a large baking sheet with aluminium foil

3.) Place tomatoes, onion and garlic on the baking sheet. Drizzle with the oil and sprinkle with the Italian seasoning.

4.) Cook in the oven for 25 minutes. Flip everything around and cook for another 20 minutes.

5.) Pour contents of baking sheet into a food processor and pulse until smooth.

6.) Put sauce in a saucepan and bring to a boil, reduce heat to low and simmer for 45 minutes or until sauce has thickened a little bit.