Marinara Sauce (with cooking video)

Hello friends, it’s  Recipe Redux time again!  I love this month’s theme:

DIY Kitchen Essentials

“What favorite kitchen staples do you now make from scratch – but in the past you purchased? Show us your best DIY recipe for keeping cupboards, fridge or freezer stocked with healthy basics.”

So, for a long time  the thought of making a pasta sauce from scratch was a bit daunting, and seemed kinda silly since there are so many varieties of tasty sauces at the grocery store.  Well, a few years ago I decided to try my hand at making a homemade marinara sauce .  And boy am I glad I did!  It really is super easy and in my opnion is so much more delicious then the store-bought variety.   It is also so inexpensive, (1/3 the cost of some pre-made sauces).

And because I wanted to show you have very, very easy this is I made a quick ~5 min video. Remember when watching this little video, I am a video making novice, so be gentle with me ;).

And for those of you who are saying, isn’t this just like your Red Sauce?  I am going to say not exactly, the Red Sauce is made with fresh herbs and requires a longer cooking time for a a slightly more intense flavor combo. This one is intended to be made quickly (30minutes), using many of the ingridents you already have in your kitchen. And this has Anchovy paste which is what makes it a Marinara (from the sea) sauce, instead of just a Red Sauce and the anchovy paste is such flavor boosting ingredient, you must not leave it out!  Also,  this is also a really big recipe that makes the equivalent of about 3 jars of store-bought pasta sauce, so you can freeze them to use later.

Enjoy and happy sauce making!!