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The Best (and Easiest) Homemade Marinara Sauce

Ingredients

  • 6 oz can tomato paste
  • cup red wine
  • 28 oz. can crushed tomatoes
  • 15 oz. can tomato sauce
  • 1 T. Italian seasoning
  • 1 t. salt
  • 1/2 t. pepper
  • 1 T, sugar or honey, but only if needed

Instructions

  • Warm a heavy-bottomed pot over medium heat. While the pot is heating, open all the tomato products.
  • Add the tomato paste to the hot pot, and stir around for a minute until it’s beginning to sizzle on the edges. Quickly pour in the wine and stir for another minute while the alcohol cooks off.
  • Add the crushed tomatoes, the sauce, Italian seasoning, and salt and pepper. Turn the heat to low and simmer for 15 minutes stirring occasionally.
  • Taste and correct seasoning. If the sauce tastes unpleasantly acidic or sharp, add the sugar or honey. If not, you’re done!
  • This sauce will keep a week in the fridge, and 6 months in the freezer.