Maybe it’s a southern thing, or a country living kinda thing, or maybe it’s just a summer thing, but even though I don’t have a single tomato plant (or a garden), I seem to have fresh tomatoes multiplying at my house. Neighbors, friends and even my mom always bring me “just a few” when they come over. A few here and a few there, and all of a sudden I’ve got a bushel of them and we rarely eat fresh tomatoes. So when life hands you tomatoes, make marinara – that’s my philosophy anyways. My easy homemade marinara sauce is so delicious I wish I could bottle it up for all year long. {However many times I’ve tried, I just can’t can anything tomato based – so I quit trying.} But, even if you don’t have fresh tomatoes, you can still make this homemade marinara sauce, so no worries!
Easy Homemade Marinara Sauce
Ingredients:
- 6 to 8 cups of fresh tomatoes, peeled, cored, deseeded and crushed by hand (or two 28 oz. cans of crushed tomatoes)
- 1/2 cup of finely diced (or grated) onion
- 3 cloves of finely minced garlic
- 1 tablespoon dried italian herbs
- 2 tablespoons of balsamic vinegar
- salt to taste (1/2 tablespoon to start, then add more at the end if needed)
- 2 tablespoons olive oil
Directions:
In a large, heavy bottomed pan, pour in olive oil, then on medium, cook the onions and garlic for 2-3 minutes until they are slightly softened (you’re really just flavoring the oil). Add in the tomatoes, herbs, balsamic vinegar and salt, then bring just to a boil. Turn the heat down to the lowest setting, then simmer for 1-2 hours until all of the flavors have come together and the sauce is thickened.
Enjoy the sauce over pasta, use on homemade pizza or even as a dipping sauce.
So yummy you’ll never want store bought sauce again!
easy homemade marinara sauce
Ingredients
- 6 to 8 cups of fresh tomatoes peeled, cored, deseeded and crushed by hand (or two 28 oz. cans of crushed tomatoes)
- 1/2 cup of finely diced or grated onion
- 3 cloves of finely minced garlic
- 1 tablespoon dried italian herbs
- 2 tablespoons of balsamic vinegar
- salt to taste 1/2 tablespoon to start, then add more at the end if needed
- 2 tablespoons olive oil
Instructions
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In a large, heavy bottomed pan, pour in olive oil, then on medium, cook the onions and garlic for 2-3 minutes until they are slightly softened (you’re really just flavoring the oil).
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Add in the tomatoes, herbs, balsamic vinegar and salt, then bring just to a boil.
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Turn the heat down to the lowest setting, then simmer for 1-2 hours until all of the flavors have come together and the sauce is thickened.
Me personally? I just want to slather the homemade marinara sauce on a piece of really good, lightly toasted French bread. Yum!
Jean says
This looks like it’s right up my alley. Balsamic vinegar? OOooo-eee!
Kim says
Recipe looks wonderfully good and I plan to try. Have you tried to pressure can this to preserve? I do a lot of canning and was wondering why it wouldn’t work?
Kim says
Recipe looks great. Love you blog. I look at it every day. Do you have any other Italian recipes to share? Meatballs, sauces?
Cynthia says
Sounds sooo very good!
Kym Brown says
I have my own tab at Dunkin’s just for fresh tomatoes…we eat them every day so I can’t wait to try this.
Ace says
Sounds amazing! Thanks for the recipe!
mary whaley says
I Roast my garden tomatoes in the oven with onion and garlic on 250 until tomato skins are
Wrinkled, they will pull right off. I blend with spices,
I jar them up in freezer jars and freeze for the winter. Easy
Gina Luker says
Thank sounds awesome Mary! I am going to give it a try, thanks so much for sharing!