If you know me for a few years, you would know that I don’t like red sauces. I did buy it for kids, to use for pizzas, but in most cases, I still tried to use the Five Minute Alfredo Sauce. That was until our recent trip to Italy. Their sauce has made my taste buds dance and I wanted more and more of it. It was even more exciting to find out that making a tasty marinara sauce at home, can be done in as little as only a few minutes.
This sauce was so good, I wanted to dip everything into it, baguettes, pizza, shrimp, chicken… My spaghetti bowl had more sauce than pasta. Seriously, I cannot get enough of it.
If you have any leftovers, feel free to refrigerate them for up to a week, or freeze them in a well-sealed ziploc bag.
Serve Marinara Sauce With
Recipe
Ingredients
- 28 oz canned Diced Tomatoes
- 1 tbsp Light Olive Oil
- 3 Garlic Cloves
- 1 tbsp Sugar
- 1/4 cup Marsala Wine
- 1/2 tbsp Salt
- 1 tsp Ground Black Pepper
- 8 Fresh Basil Leaves (optional)
Instructions
- Prepare all ingredients, keep in mind that the main base for this sauce is canned tomatoes. Either get your favorite brand or try the one I have in the picture.
- Blend canned tomatoes into a pure-like texture. Dice fresh basil into small pieces.
- Preheat olive oil in a pot, press garlic into the oil. As soon as garlic is golden, add remaining ingredients into the pot.
- Bring the sauce to a boil, cook it for another 5 minutes.
- You can serve the sauce over spaghetti, pizza or just as a bread dipping. Trust me, you'll want to dip everything into this sauce.
Nutrition Facts
Five Minute Marinara Sauce
Amount Per Serving
Calories 52
Calories from Fat 9
% Daily Value*
Fat 1g2%
Sodium 578mg24%
Potassium 197mg6%
Carbohydrates 7g2%
Fiber 1g4%
Sugar 4g4%
Vitamin A 135IU3%
Vitamin C 9.6mg12%
Calcium 33mg3%
Iron 1mg6%
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.
can we substitute canned tomatoes with fresh ones?
The turn out will not be the same because fresh tomatoes will have much more juice. So I would say no.
I made this today and will definitely make again, but with only 1/4 tsp of black pepper. For me, the 1 tsp of pepper was way too spicy and overwhelmed all the other flavors of the sauce. Thanks for quick and easy recipe though!
Hi Keira, So glad you liked the recipe. I love spicy foods and try to sneak them up on my husband. He didn't mind this sauce but usually he complains about anything spicy 😉
I'm totally with you on the red sauces. I've been looking for a good recipe, does this sauce taste slightly sweet? would any other wine work?
I think a lot of dry wines would work, as long as you like the taste of the wine. It does a bit of a sweet flavor to it but it's not sweet.