Homemade Italian Sauce - Meat or Marinara Style

Tomatoes

Homemade Italian Sauce - Meat or Marinara Style

• prep time: 15 minutes

• cook time: 1.5 hours

• total time: 2 hours

Servings: This batch should be enough to make two pizzas, a batch of my bison meatballs or throw over pasta!

Ingredients

• 3 - 28 oz cans of crushed tomatoes in puree, San Marzano

• 6 cloves of fresh garlic

• *Secret ingredient (Optional): add 3-4 filets of Italian brown anchovies when you sauté the garlic, even fish-haters won’t notice but it gives it a different and delicious flavor

Add to taste – approx. 1 tablespoon each

• Sea salt

• Oregano

• Onion powder

• Crushed red pepper

• Black pepper

• Bay leaves

• Parsley

• Oregano

• Basil

• Sugar – 1.5 tablespoons per can

Instructions

1. In a large 8 quart pot:

2. Pour olive oil into the pot and sauté garlic briefly

3. Pour in cans of crushed tomatoes

4. Add 1 cup of water for meat sauce; ½ cup of water for marinara

5. Bring to boil, simmer for 1 hour

For meat sauce, (See Bison meatballs recipe)

1. Add meatballs after 1 hour, then simmer for another ½ hour.

Check out my Bison Meatballs Recipe!

If you’re short on time, try my Short-Cut Italian Sauce!