Creamy Marinara With Fresh Basil Recipes

BEST ITALIAN MARINARA SAUCE RECIPE

Steps:

• Heat a heavy bottom large pot on medium low flame. Add a lug of olive oil and the diced onion with a pinch of sea salt. Cook for about 10 minutes until traslucent taking good care not to burn it.
• Stir in the minced garlic and let it infuse the oil for about 30 seconds.
• Use your hands and crush the tomatoes as you add them to the pot with the onion and garlic. Rustic chunks are what we are after.
• Add the bay leaf and the 4 sprigs of basil then bring everything to a gentle simmer. Partially cover with a lid and cook down until reduced and thick to your liking. About an hour or so. Stir a few times making sure the sugars from the tomatoes don't stick to the bottom.
• After the sauce has reduced season to taste with the sea salt. Discard the bay leaf and basil sprigs.
• Finish with a drizzle of extra virgin olive oil and the reserved fresh basil. Serve with your favorite pasta to transfer to jars and refrigerate up to one week.

HOMEMADE MARINARA SAUCE WITH FRESH BASIL

Steps:

• In a medium sized saucepan over medium heat, add the olive oil.
• When the oil is heated and begins to shimmer, add the onion. Saute for 4 to 5 minutes or until the onions are translucent.
• Add the garlic. Saute for 1 minute.
• Add the tomatoes, 1 teaspoon of kosher salt, 1/2 teaspoon pepper, a pinch of red pepper flakes, and the basil.
• Stir to combine the ingredients.
• Simmer for 15 to 20 minutes.
• Season to taste with kosher salt. I add up to 2 teaspoons of salt to the recipe.

SLOW-COOKER MARINARA WITH FRESH BASIL

Steps:

• Combine tomatoes, onion, garlic, salt, and pepper flakes in a 3- to 4-qt. slow cooker.
• Stir in oil. Cover; cook on high-heat setting for 3-4 hours or low-heat setting for 5-6 hours.
• Using a hand-held immersion blender, puree marinara in the slow cooker, or puree the sauce in batches in a regular blender. Stir in basil into pureed sauce.
• Cook marinara to room temperature, then transfer to a container with a tight-fitting lid. Refrigerate sauce up to 1 week or freeze for up to 2 months. Serve marinara over pasta or use as a sauce for pizza.

BASIL MARINARA

Steps:

• Saute onions in olive oil in saucepan. Add remaining ingredients and simmer 30 minutes. Season with salt and pepper to taste. Serve over the pasta of your choice.

TWENTY-MINUTE MARINARA SAUCE WITH FRESH BASIL

Steps:

• Pour the tomatoes and juice into a big mixing bowl. Using both hands, crush the tomatoes and break them up into small pieces. (You don't have to mash them to bits; I like chunkiness in my marinara, with the tomatoes in 1-inch pieces.)
• Pour the oil into the big skillet, scatter the garlic slices in the oil, and set over medium-high heat. Cook for 1 1/2 minutes or so, until the slices are sizzling, then add and toast the peperoncino in a hot spot for another 1/2 minute.
• Shake and stir the pan until the garlic slices are light gold and starting to darken. Immediately pour in the crushed tomatoes and stir in with the garlic. Rinse out the tomato can and bowl with 1 cup of pasta-cooking water, and dump it into the skillet too.
• Raise the heat; sprinkle in the salt and stir. Push the stalk or sprigs of basil into the sauce until completely covered. When the sauce is boiling, cover the pan, reduce the heat slightly, and cook for 10 minutes at an actively bubbling simmer.
• Uncover the pan and cook another 5 minutes or so. The sauce should be only slightly reduced from the original volume-still loose and juicy. Remove the poached basil stalk or sprigs from the skillet and discard (but save the sauce that's clinging to it), and keep at a low simmer until the pasta is ready.
• To dress pasta with marinara sauce, toss and cook them together (for details, see page 105), incorporating the shredded basil. Remove the skillet from the heat and toss in the cheese just before serving.
• Quick Pantry Pastas with Marinara: with Tuna
• Bring the marinara to a boil, then add the tuna chunks (do not break them up) and the capers. Simmer for 5 to 7 minutes while the pasta cooks. I like dry tubular pasta, such as rigatoni or ziti, with this sauce.
• Olives and Capers
• Marinara with olives and capers makes a tasty pasta dish. Use 1 1/2 cups pitted green or black olives to 4 cups of marinara plus 1/4 cup of capers.
• Mozzarella
• A quick and delicious option is to toss 2 cups of cubed mozzarella when you're tossing the cooked pasta in your marinara sauce. For a finish, top with 8 shredded basil leaves.
• Good With . . .
• Dry and fresh pastas and raviolis.
• Wonderful for baked pastas.