Homemade Marinara Sauce

This recipe calls for 2 secret ingredients we used at my restaurant–Picasso’s Café. It was hit! You get to decide what those 2 are!

INGREDIENTS

1-3 tbsp of EVO ( extra virgin olive oil)

1 sweet onion finely chopped

4-6 tom med to large size vine ripened tomatoes cut into small quarter pieces

3 cloves of garlic finely chopped

2 pinches of red chili flakes

1-1/2 tbsp of seasoned salt, ground pepper and dried oregano

1 can of tomato paste ( 1 box ) **

Fresh basil chopped (2-4 stems)

1 tbsp (generous fill) of raw brown sugar

1 tbsp of nutmeg

¼ cup of red wine

DIRECTIONS

1. Heat oil over a medium flame and add chopped garlic and onion. Saute until they are well coated and start to brown.
2. Add tomatoes and simmer for about 5-8 minutes
3. Stir in remaining ingredients and simmer for a minimum of 25 to 30 min contingent (longer is your prefer a lighter sauce)

** I like Contadina in the can OR Napoleon in the tube