i guess i have this thing for making sauces or soup like concoctions.
i saw this insanely easy homemade marinara recipe on this amazing recipe blog.
which i did alter to my personal liking.
the ingredients:
1.) music - i listened to a fine frenzy's discography
Bomb in a Birdcage and One Cell in the Sea
2.) two 28 oz cans of crushed tomatoes
3.) one med onion
4.) four cloves of garlic
5.) three maybe four tablespoons of olive oil
6.) one 6 oz can of tomato paste
7.) dried basil
8.) dried oregano
9.) dried bay leaves
10.) one tablespoon brown sugar
11.) two tablespoon balsamic vinegar
(optional): two good friends to hangout with while you cook
directions:
chop the onion and garlic
(this is the instant that i realized i need one of those choppers from the pampered chef)
in a large pot, add olive oil and saute onions and garlic until you can see through them.
then, just add everything else.
i added everything, let cook for about a half hour and then tasted it to see if it was missing something. i ended up adding cracked black pepper, kosher salt and lots more basil.
i ended up splitting this batch into halves.
plans on using one half for the pesto stuff shells i'm making for my friends this week, and freezing the other half.
