Aunt Lala's Marinara
By: laurabiermann
Published: Saturday, January 8, 2011 - 3:29pm

Ingredients




1 teaspoon oil
1 onion, chopped fine
5 cloves garlic, chopped fine
28 oz can plum tomatoes, no salt added
1 teaspoon basil
1 teaspoon oregano
1 teaspoon salt

Preparation

1 In large sauce pan, heat oil over med heat.  Add onion and garlic and cook until onion is translucent (you may want to wait a couple of minutes to add the garlic so it doesn't burn).  Add can of tomatoes and their juice, and simmer 20 minutes.  Add basil, oregano, and salt, and cook 10 more minutes. 2 At this point, you can use a potato smasher to smash the tomatoes in the pot to your chunkiness liking, or you can use a hand blender to blend them up. I personally do not like chunky sauce, so I will allow the marinara to cool and then run it through the blender.