Marinara Sauce

from the kitchen of Charlie McCarthy, Sr.

• sauce
• tomato

Cookware

• 2-quart saucepan

Ingredients

• 2 tbsp olive oil
• 1 onion
• 2 cloves garlic
• 1/2 bunch basil
• 1.5 tsp salt
• 1 tbsp sugar
• 1 can tomato paste
• 28 oz plum tomatoes

Steps

1. Heat olive oil in a 2-quart saucepan. Once hot, cook chopped onion until tender and then add minced garlic. Cook for 1 minute.
2. Stir in basil, salt, and sugar and cook for another 1 minute. Then add the tomato paste and plum tomatoes. Watch your heat, lower as not to burn.
3. Cook for about 20 minutes or until thickened. All the while continuing to stir.