Best Italian Marinara Tomato Sauce Recipe

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How to make spaghetti with Italian marinara tomato sauce and pesto

Raw materials: for 8 people

 Spaghetti 453 g (dry)

 1 tablespoon olive oil

1 medium onion (chopped)

Minced meat 453 grams

Salt 1/2 teaspoon

 Marinara sauce 1474 g

 Sour cream 3/4 cup – 175 grams

 Pesto sauce 1/4 cup – 60 grams (basil pesto)

 Mozzarella cheese 1/2 cup – 40 g (grated)

Preheat the oven to 350 ° F (177 ° C). Grease the bottom and edges of a 3-liter oven dish with non-stick cooking spray or butter. A 32 by 22 cm pan is suitable for this purpose.

Bring a large pot of water and salt to a boil and cook the spaghetti according to the instructions on the package. It usually takes 10 minutes. Then drain the pasta. In a small bowl, whisk together the basil sauce and sour cream.

While the pasta is cooking, heat the olive oil in a large skillet. Then add the onions and fry for 3 to 4 minutes until matte. Now add the meat to the onion.

Sprinkle half a teaspoon of salt on the meat, then chop the meat with a spoon or fork. Stir occasionally until the meat is browned. This takes 6 minutes. Take the extra fat from the meat and add the tomato sauce. Stir and cook until completely hot.

Remove the meat from the heat. Add the cooked and drained spaghetti and stir and pour half of the spaghetti into the oven dish. Pour the mixture of sour cream and pesto sauce on it. Then cover with the rest of the spaghetti. Pour the mozzarella cheese over it.

Place the dish in an oven tray lined with aluminum foil. This is to pour the sauce into the tray if it spills out of the bowl. Then bake in the oven for 30 minutes until the cheese is melted and the sauce is bubbling.

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First, we will teach you how to cook pizza with a very tasty marinara sauce. So if you do not have the opportunity to cook and you are in Italy, you can visit our branch to buy this sauce:

Ingredients for pizza sauce

 1 teaspoon garlic

 Basil 1 tsp

Sugar ½ tablespoons

Thyme 1 tsp

An average of 6 tomatoes

 Tomato sauce ½ cup

 1 tablespoon olive oil

 Dried mint ½ teaspoon

 Enough black pepper and red pepper

To make homemade pizza sauce, first peel the garlic. And we wash and chop, then we wash the tomatoes. And grate with a fine grater. In the next step, we also wash the basil. And dry with a towel.

Then chop finely on the board. Put a suitable pot on very low heat. Pour the olive oil into it, after the olive oil is hot, fry the chopped garlic in a little olive oil until it becomes soft and golden.

In the next step, we add the tomato sauce along with the grated tomatoes. And fry well until smooth. In the next step, we add sugar, dried mint, thyme, black pepper and red pepper along with chopped basil to the ingredients.

Then mix the ingredients well to make a smooth sauce. Finally, wait for 10 minutes. Until the material boils and thickens. Then we turn off the heat. And let the sauce cool and use it for a variety of pizzas.

Key points of preparing pizza sauce

 This sauce should be stored in the refrigerator. And the best time to use it is 5 to 7 days.

To prepare tomato puree, you have to put the tomatoes in boiling water for one minute. Then carefully peel and grate them.

You can change or increase or decrease the type and amount of spices and flavors of homemade pizza sauce. For example, if you like the original pizza sauce with a spicy taste. You should increase the amount of pepper more than the stated amount. Dried rosemary, vinegar, nutmeg, fennel seeds and even grated celery are also used in the base pizza sauce.

 The more this sauce boils, the more concentration and quality it gets. So do not rush to remove it from the heat at all. Let it thicken completely and get a one-handed texture.  If you do not have access to brown sugar. You can also use white sugar powder in this recipe.