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Ingredients
- 1 tablespoon good olive oil
- 1 cup chopped yellow onion (1 onion)
- 1 1/2 teaspoons minced garlic
- 1/2 cup good red wine, such as Chianti
- 1 (28-ounce) can crushed tomatoes, or plum tomatoes in puree, chopped
- 1 tablespoon chopped fresh flat-leaf parsley
- 1 1/2 teaspoons kosher salt
- 1/2 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
Directions
Heat the olive oil in a large (12-inch) skillet. Add the onion and saute over medium heat until translucent, 5 to 10 minutes. Add the garlic and cook for 1 more minute. Add the wine and cook on high heat, scraping up all the brown bits in the pan, until almost all the liquid evaporates, about 3 minutes. Stir in the tomatoes, parsley, salt, and pepper. Cover, and simmer on the lowest heat for 15 minutes.
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By Hanapad
Silver Spring, 60
on April 28, 2013
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awesome- made a double batch and plan to freeze half and throw some jumbo shrimp into the other half and have over linguine. Been looking for a new marinara sauce and this one is fabulous. I added a tablespoon for brown sugar and a tablespoon of butter like my grandmother always did- other than that- made exactly like the contessa . Delish!
By gretchenbleu
on April 28, 2013
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I modified this recipe as well by using a sweet onion instead of yellow and added about three cloves of roughly chopped garlic. I decreased the amount of salt as well as the red wine. As a basic starting point for a marinara, this is superb. The beauty of a marinara is you can always modify specifically to your liking. Thanks Ina. You always inspire me!
By john28270_925479
Charlotte, NC
on March 09, 2013
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With some mods, this is an excellent sauce. As written, there's too much salt and the red wine (yes, I know, tradition and all that over powers the tomato.
I tripled the amount of olive oil, use white wine, and reduced the salt to 1/2 tsp. My wife commented that it was the best marinara I'd ever made.
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