Marinara Sauce

Start with a 28 oz. can of seeded tomatoes. Mince 2 thumb size (or slightly smaller, if you prefer) cloves of garlic and lightly sauté in 2 1/2 tablespoons of Extra Virgin Olive Oil, in a frying pan. A 10-inch diameter pan is a good size for this. The garlic should, at most, just start to turn a light golden - no more. Add tomatoes and cook covered for 5 minutes under medium heat. Mash down with fork or masher - not too much mashing. Add 5 or 6 twists of pepper mill w/ black pepper, 2 med. size leaves of Basil and a sprig of parsley. Cook semi-covered for another 10 to 12 minutes at most. Remove from heat and remove basil and parsley sprig. Salt to taste. Add 1/2 pound Linguine to pan and coat with sauce. Liberally sprinkle a good amount of fresh chopped Italian parsley over entire pan. Serve immediately. Add more fresh ground black pepper or a little red pepper to each dish. Cheese is NEVER used with this dish.

Variations

You can add peeled and deveined shrimp 3 minutes before removing from heat. You can also add some clam juice in the initial cooking stage and 1/2 can of drained and rinsed clams from Indonesia, Thailand or Japan 4 or 5 minutes before removing from heat. These clams are far superior to any chopped, minced or whole American Clam. Try them, you're in for a nice surprise. They are like the small Italian Vongole. Again, no cheese.

The above sauces can also be used with Spaghetti, Penne, Rigatoni, Bow ties, Spirals etc, and is perfect with meatballs.

Use the marinara sauce recipe above, adding some red pepper seeds to the olive oil when sautéing Garlic. After cooking tomatoes for 5 min add splash of vodka and another clove of minced or crushed garlic. Cook semi covered for about 20 minutes to just get rid of excess water. Salt to taste. Coat Penne in pan with sauce. Sprinkle good amount of fresh chopped Italian parsley. Serve with plenty of Fresh ground Parmigiano cheese available.

These recipes are kindly provided by, and © Leonard Bibbo.

A somewhat richer arrabbiata sauce.
Classic Italian Recipes

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