Monday, January 28, 2013

Homemade Spicy Marinara Sauce and Whole Wheat Linguini

Heat olive oil and cook onions.  Add garlic and lightly cook garlic with onions. Add crushed tomatoes and stir together with onions and garlic.  Add small amount(about a fifth of the can) of tomato paste and still into mixture.  Add salt and pepper to taste.  Add oregano, basil, crushed red pepper,thyme, and rosemary. Still a little more tomato paste into the sauce and reduce to simmer.  Cook for 15-20 minutes  occasionally stirring in small amounts of tomato paste if you like it thicker or don't if you like it more viscous.
Ingedients:
1 can crushed tomatoes
1 can crushed tomatoes
2/3 can tomato paste (I use wegmans organic but any brand will do.)
1/2 an onion,
3 cloves of garlic
salt, pepper to taste
2 tsp oregano
1 1/2 tsp basil
3 tsp crushed red pepper
1 1/2 tsp rosemary
1 tsp thyme
2 tbsp olive oil
Optional: spinach greens and balsamic vinegarette, pennywise merlot
Rating: 4.5

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