This marinara sauce with fresh tomatoes is rich and flavorful Great for use in pasta lasagna and other casseroles A great recipe for using up extraripe tomatoes from your garden
Prep Time
1 hr 25 mins
Dificult
Medium
Servings
6
Ingredients
Instructions
Gather the ingredients.
Heat olive oil in a stockpot over medium heat. Add onion; cook and stir until softened
about 5 minutes.
Stir in tomatoes
garlic
and bay leaf. Bring to a boil; reduce heat to medium-low and simmer until tomatoes are soft
about 30 minutes.
Stir in red wine
honey
basil
oregano
marjoram
salt
black pepper
fennel seed
and crushed red pepper; simmer and cook until herbs have flavored the sauce
about 30 minutes more.
Add balsamic vinegar; still well to combine. Discard bay leaf.
Cook’s Note
It's easy to double the batch and freeze half — it freezes well.
