Name: Roasted Tomato Basil Marinara Sauce
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 1 h
Total time: 1 h 10 min
Yield: ~3 cups
Cuisine: Italian
Ingredients: 8 medium tomatoes; 2 tablespoons olive oil; 8-10 garlic cloves; salt, to taste; pepper, to taste; 20 leaves fresh basil; 1 teaspoon apple cider vinegar

Ever wondered how to make marinara sauce? It’s so easy! Follow this recipe for a Roasted Tomato Basil Homemade Marinara Sauce!

For this Roasted Tomato Basil Marinara Sauce recipe, you’ll only need a few ingredients with no added sugar!

Make Your Own Marinara!

It’s almost August and tomatoes are about to be as ripe as they can be. They deserve to be made into a delicious homemade marinara sauce. That’s where this recipe comes into play! In less than 1 hour you can have a healthy, no-sugar-added marinara sauce that’s ready to eat!

All you need are a few key ingredients and you’re on your way to heaven in a jar!

tomatoes
olive oil
garlic cloves
salt
pepper
basil
apple cider vinegar

It’s pretty simple to make your own marinara sauce from scratch. Before we get started, you’re going to need one important piece of kitchen equipment: a high-speed food processor or high-speed blender. Alright, let’s go!

How to Make Marinara Sauce in 4 Steps

Step 1: Oil & Roast

Drizzle your fresh tomatoes with a generous amount of olive oil and season with salt. Then, roast them on a baking sheet at 400ºF for around 30 minutes before you add the garlic cloves. Bake for another 20-30 minutes or until tomatoes reduce in size and begin to brown.

What kind of tomatoes should you use?

For this recipe, you can use any kind of tomato your heart desires! We definitely recommend using a larger tomato because it is less work to peel 8 bigger tomatoes than 30 cherry tomatoes.

Step 2: Peel

Let tomatoes cool ever so slightly so you can peel the skins right off without burning your hands. The skin should come right off of the meat. Discard the skin.

Step 3: Blend

Place everything from the baking sheet into a high-speed food processor or blender (like a Vitamix) and blend until smooth. If you’d like your basil a little chunkier (like we do), you can puree the tomatoes and garlic first and then pulse in the fresh basil.

Optional sweetener: This recipe calls for no added sugar, but adding a little bit of maple syrup (a few teaspoons) will really bring out all of the amazing flavors of the tomatoes. The option is yours!

Step 4: Jar

We suggest serving this marinara sauce immediately, but you can also transfer into a mason jar or glass container for later!

tomatoes, garlic, and basil in food processor

Storage

This sauce will stay good in the fridge for around 4 days. Remember, there aren’t any additives/preservatives and this recipe is 100% fresh. That’s why the shelf life isn’t super long.

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