Garlic-Basil Tomato Sauce

Name: Garlic-Basil Tomato Sauce
Prep time: 5 min
Cook time: 15 min
Total time: 20 min
Yield: about 5¾ cups (1400 ml)
Cuisine: Mediterranean
Ingredients: 1/4 cup (60 ml) Olive Oil; 4 cloves sliced Garlic; 2 (28-oz) cans San Marzano crushed (1600 g) Tomato; 1 tsp (6 g) Salt; 1/2 cup fresh (15 g) Basil; pinch optional (0.5 g) Red Pepper

Independent adaptation of a publicly published Lidia Bastianich recipe. Not affiliated with, sponsored by, or endorsed by Lidia Bastianich.

CONDIMENT · PASTA, PIZZA & POLENTA

A condiment for pasta, pizza & polenta.

Lidia Bastianich's classic marinara sauce.

On the jar

GARLIC

Method: simmer
Yield: about 5¾ cups
Ingredients: 6

Stove sauce. Cook from the recipe

Ratio

Olive Oil 60 ml

Ingredients

Olive Oil1/4 cup (60 ml)
Garlic4 cloves sliced
Tomato2 (28-oz) cans San Marzano crushed (1600 g)
Salt1 tsp (6 g)
Basil1/2 cup fresh (15 g)
Red Pepperpinch optional (0.5 g)

Where it sits

One of 24 tomato sauces in the catalog, with 6 ingredients against a median of 6.5.

The fat here is olive oil. In this category chefs also reach for vegetable oil (2 recipes) and butter (2).

Method

Pour liquids to the printed fill-lines, bottom to top.
Cap the jar and shake until combined.
Pour into a cold pan and bring to a gentle simmer. The jar stays off the stove. Cool leftovers briefly before they go back in the glass, then refrigerate promptly.

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Provenance

Italian-American chef of Felidia in New York; James Beard Outstanding Cookbook and Who's Who. Istria-rooted cooking taught widely on public television.

Originally published as Lidia’s Marinara.

Adapted from a recipe published by Lidia Bastianich in Lidia’s Italy marinara.

FAQ

Can this go in a shake jar?

Yes, with one pan. Its liquids pour to the printed fill-lines and shake cold; the mix then goes into a pan to simmer. The jar itself never touches heat.

What do the quantities mean?

This page lists the published recipe in household units (with metric in parentheses). On a jar, the printed lines, counts, and QR guide carry the jar-batch amounts. Follow the jar or this page, not a mix of both. Amounts in the jar’s ADD row are rounded to the nearest common spoon measure (T = tablespoon, t = teaspoon) so they can be read off the glass.

Where did this recipe come from?

Adapted from Lidia’s Italy marinara (published as “Lidia’s Marinara”). Full citation lives in Provenance.

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