Alas, Lent it almost over! I'm getting tired of fish on Fridays though! Tonight, I figured I would make something different, but I didn't feel like using jarred sauce (I'm feeling rather ambitious today) I decided to make sauce while Eoin ate breakfast this morning, and since I had some left over mushrooms from the other night, that I didn't use in the salad, I figured what could be better than a mushroom marinara? The original recipe was featured in the April 2010 issue of Woman's Day, of course I spruced it up with the mushrooms! You can double and triple this recipe and freeze the sauce for later use. I highly recommend this, however I didn't do it myself this time. We're gearing up to move at the end of the month, and the less in my freezer, the better!
This makes about 7 cups (if you only need it for pasta, use half and then freeze half)
Ingredients:
- non-stick cooking spray
- 1 large onion, finely chopped
- 3/4 container of white mushrooms, about 7 mushrooms, chopped
- 4 cloves garlic, finely minced (I used the equivalent in minced jarred garlic)
- 2 Tbsp balsamic vinegar
- 2 cans (28 oz each) no-salt-added crushed tomatoes (stock up when they're on sale, you won't regret it!)
- 2 tsp dried basil
- 2 tsp dried oregano
- 1/2 tsp red pepper flakes
- salt and pepper, to taste
Directions:
- Coat a 5-quart saucepan with non-stick cooking spray. Heat over medium heat.
- Add onion, cook for about 5 minutes, until they start to soften. Add mushrooms, and cook down, stirring occasionally. You want the mushrooms to be soft, and the onions to be clear.
- Add the balsamic vinegar and the garlic, and stir into the onion and mushroom mixture. Let cook for 1 minute.
- Add the crushed tomatoes, basil, oregano, and crushed red pepper. Stir to combine and heat til boiling. Lower heat to low, cover and simmer for a half hour. Salt and pepper to taste.
I made ur sauce tonight. I made some changes to it.. I added an extra clove of garlic since Tom loves garlic.. and I also didnt add the red pepper flakes because I dont like spice.. and i also cooked my meatballs in the sauce.. it came out amazing. I am sorry but I forgot to take a picture this time because we were so hungry and eager to try the sauce!
ReplyDeleteAwh, it's ok that you didn't take a picture, next time! I'm glad it came out good. Next time I think I'll make some changes myself, that's the joy about cooking, you're always tweaking the recipe somehow!
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