Make the best marinara sauce recipe when you first learn how to make tomato sauce.
When you learn how to make tomato sauce it can be used as the base for your homemade marinara sauce recipes.
And learning how to make tomato sauce the old fashioned way is a great way to use up those extra tomatoes from your garden.
Or when fresh tomatoes are in season at your local farmer's markets.
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Learning how to make tomato sauce can be relatively quick and easy. You just need a few good quality ingredients to make a great tasting tomato sauce.
The most important ingredient is organic ripe tomatoes. It's how to make tomato sauce that beats anything you will buy at the store.
Italian plum tomatoes are also referred to as San Marzano tomatoes. These tomatoes have an oval shape and great flavor.
They make the best tomato sauce because they have fewer seeds, are sweeter, and meatier than most tomatoes.
As a tip, do not store your fresh tomatoes in the refrigerator as this will take away their flavor.
And you can either grow your own organic plum tomatoes or just use any fresh organic tomatoes from your local farmer's market.
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You can also add in fresh diced tomatoes, roasted tomatoes, or red chili peppers to enhance your marinara sauce recipe.
This recipe is similar to my father's homemade marinara sauce. Although, he cooks a few slices of bacon and uses the bacon fat (saves the cooked bacon to add in later) instead of using olive oil to saute.
He also uses soy sauce to replace some of the salt in his marinara sauce recipe. And he makes the best tasting marinara that I've ever had!
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The great thing about learning how to make tomato sauce or your own homemade marinara sauce is that you can take control over all of the ingredients.
And you can also use your homemade marinara sauce in many other classic foods like Cioppino.