Spaghetti Marinara For Buddy - Elf🎄
Christmas Movie Recipe Inspiration #7 With this easy spaghetti marinara. It is such a simple and easy recipe to make during the holidays that can be made ahead of time to feed a crowd.
Equipment
- Large sauté pan with lid
- Wooden spatula
- Tongs
- Grater
Ingredients
- 2 tbsp olive oil
- 1 onion diced
- 3 garlic cloves minced
- 2 cans tomato chopped
- 1 tbsp tomato paste
- 2 tsp cocoa powder
- 6 fresh basil leaves
- 2 tsp dried oregano
- 1 bay leaf
- 1/4 cup red wine
- 1/2 cup water
- Salt & Pepper to taste
Pasta -
- 250 gm spaghetti
- 1 tbsp olive oil
- Parmesan cheese grated
- Fresh basil
Instructions
- In a large sauté pan on medium heat, add olive oil, diced onions, garlic and a little salt, let this cook until soft.
- Add the tomato paste, dried and fresh herbs and stir well. Cook for a minute and add the red wine into the pan, cook until the liquid evaporates.
- Add the canned tomatoes, water and stir. Cover and cook for 20-30 mins on low low heat until thick and you can smell the BEST tomato sauce aroma. Season with salt and pepper, take off the heat and set aside.
- Cook the pasta as per the packet instructions and save some of the cooking liquid.
- Toss the drained pasta into some of the sauce in a large platter, add olive oil, parmesan cheese and some of the cooking liquid if needed. Serve hot.
Notes
- You can store the extra sauce in containers in the freezer for upto 1 month.
- Serve this sauce with any pasta you like, you can also use it as pizza sauce (don’t come for me, its not traditional but it does the job well!)
- Add meatballs into this sauce and turn it into a meatball pasta.