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• Recipe Overview
• Ingredients
• Processes - Utensils
• Instructions

• Cuisine

  European >> Italian >> Italian

• Dietary Style

• Source

  Genius Kitchen(food.com)

| 1. *BLANCHING TOMATOES: While stock pot or large dutch oven water is boiling, cut a large "X" with a paring knife on the bottom of tomatos. Carefully drop tomatoes in boiling water for 30 seconds. Once removed from water, place in a bowl of ice water this stops the cooking. The skin will peel right off tomatoes. | 2. Blanch and peel tomatoes; set aside. | 3. In a large skillet, add olive oil and Add the onion, garlic and bay leaves, sauté until limp and fragrant Add salt and pepper. | 4. In a blender, (in batches) add tomatoes, and sautéed onion and garlic mixture. | 5. Puree until desired consistency. | 6. Transfer puree to stock pot add basil, oregano, sugar, and pepper (red pepper flakes if using) and bring to a slow boil over medium heat . | 7. Reduce heat to simmer and continue to cook 2.5 hours. (Sauce will turn bright red to a dark red/orange and thicken up) Stir occasionally. Taste! If the sauce is too sweet for you, add white wine vinegar by the teaspoon (this will cut the sweet). | 8. Serve over pasta, or your favorite recipes that include marinara sauce. | 9. ENJOY with loved ones! | 10. Any leftovers can be frozen. | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------

Estimated Nutritional Profile for Ingredients

Ingredient Name	Quantity	Unit	State	Energy (kcal)	Carbohydrates	Protein (g)	Total Lipid (Fat) (g)
tomato	20 -25		blanched	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
olive oil	2	tablespoons		238.68	0.0	0.0	27.0
bay leaf	1/2	teaspoon		0.9390000000000001	0.2249	0.0228	0.0251
italian seasoning basil oregano	2	tablespoons		-	-	-	-
sugar	2	tablespoons		110.124	27.5448	0.0	0.0
garlic clove	3		minced	13.41	2.9754	0.5724	0.045
yellow onion	1		chopped	-	-	-	-
salt	1	teaspoon		-	-	-	-
black pepper	1	teaspoon	coarse	5.773	1.4708	0.239	0.075
red pepper flake			crushed	-	-	-	-
white wine vinegar				-	-	-	-

- Means that suitable USDA nutrition profile could not be mapped for this ingredient-unit combination.