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Spaghetti With Zesty Marinara Sauce

Type: Pasta
Courses: Sauces
Serves: 8 people

Recipe Ingredients

1 tablespoon 15mlOlive oil
2   Garlic - crushed
1   Onion - finely chopped (large)
1   No-salt-added tomato paste - 6-ounce can
2 tablespoons 30mlMinced fresh parsley
1 1/4 teaspoons 6.3mlItalian herb seasoning
1/2 teaspoon 2.5mlDried basil
1/8 teaspoon 0.6mlSalt
  Freshly ground black pepper
2 teaspoons 10mlSugar
1/8 teaspoon 0.6mlHot red pepper flakes - or to taste
1 cup 237mlWater
1/4 cup 59mlRed wine
1   Bay leaf
1   No-salt-added tomato sauce - 8-ounce can
1   No-salt-added tomatoes - crushed, with liquid
16 oz 454gCan
1/2 cup 73g / 2.6ozGrated parmesan cheese - or to taste

Recipe Instructions

Heat oil in heavy non-aluminum skillet over medium-high heat. Add garlic and onion and saute until limp. Stir in tomato paste, parsley, herbs, salt, black pepper, sugar and pepper flakes. Cook 3 or 4 minutes, stirring often. Bring water, wine, bay leaf, tomato sauce, tomatoes and liquid from tomatoes to a boil. Reduce heat and simmer 1 to 1-1/2 hours. Remove bay leaf. Cook spaghetti according to package directions, omitting salt. Drain and serve with sauce. Sprinkle dish with Parmesan cheese. NOTE: The sauce freezes well. Makes 8 servings (2 ounces spaghetti and 1/2 cup sauce per serving).

This recipe is intended to be part of an overall healthful eating plan that would not include more than 30 percent of daily calories from fat.

Printed in the December 27, 1992, issue of the Simi Valley, CA, Enterprise.

Source:
Cooking Live Show #CL8829

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