Homemade Italian garlic marinara sauce

Ingredients

• 1 28oz can crushed San Marzano tomatoes
• 1 Tablespoon tomato paste
• 1 Tablespoon olive oil
• ½ white onion, diced
• 3 Cloves garlic, minced
• ½ Teaspoon salt
• ½ Teaspoon dried parsley
• ½ Teaspoon fennel seeds
• ½ Teaspoon black pepper
• Pinch red pepper flakes
• 3 bay leaves

Directions

1. Add olive oil to a saucepan over medium heat and swirl to coat.
2. Next, add diced onions and minced garlic to the pan. Sauté for 3 minutes, stirring often.
3. Add the tomato paste to the pan and stir until combined. Cook to lightly brown the tomato paste, about 2 minutes.
4. Next, add crushed tomatoes, salt, parsley, fennel, black pepper, and a pinch of red pepper flakes to the saucepan and stir until thoroughly combined.
5. Lower the heat to a simmer and place the bay leaves so they rest on top of the sauce.
6. Let sauce simmer for 20 minutes. Be sure to lightly stir 2 to 3 times as it cooks.
7. Discard bay leaves.

Source: https://xoxobella.com/homemade-italian-garlic-marinara-sauce/

Double batch ingredients

• 2 28oz cans crushed San Marzano tomatoes
• 2 Tablespoon tomato paste
• 2 Tablespoon olive oil
• 1 white onion, diced
• 6 Cloves garlic, minced
• 1 Teaspoon salt
• 1 Teaspoon dried parsley
• 1 Teaspoon fennel seeds
• 1 Teaspoon black pepper
• Pinch red pepper flakes
• 6 bay leaves