Easy Marinara Sauce

We built this recipe from a lot of trial and error and a little experimentation with the wine selection. It has a sweet flavor with just a little zing to keep things interesting. Great for all types of italian dishes. We even used it for Italian sausage bombers.

• Preparation Time: 15 mins
• Cooking Time: 45 mins
• Total Time: 60 mins
• Calories: 88 Calories

Ingredients

• 2 teaspoons salt
• 2 tablespoons brown sugar
• ½ teaspoon ground black pepper
• 1 cup white wine
• 3 tablespoons olive oil
• 1 teaspoon dried basil
• 1 teaspoon dried oregano
• 4 (14.5 ounce) cans diced tomatoes
• 2 (6 ounce) cans tomato paste
• 2 teaspoons Italian seasoning
• ¼ teaspoon red pepper flakes
• 4 cloves garlic, finely chopped
• 1 (14 ounce) can tomato sauce
• ¼ green bell pepper, chopped
• 1 Spanish onion, chopped

Recipe Instructions

Step 1

Heat olive oil in a large pot over medium heat; cook and stir onion, green bell pepper, and garlic until onion is translucent, 5 to 10 minutes. Add brown sugar, Italian seasoning, salt, oregano, basil, black pepper, and red pepper flakes; cook and stir until brown sugar dissolves and seasoning is fragrant, 1 to 2 minutes.

Step 2

Stir tomatoes, tomato sauce, tomato paste, and white wine into the seasoned onion mixture; bring to a boil for 10 minutes. Reduce heat and simmer, stirring occasionally, until flavors have blended, at least 30 minutes.