Slow-Cooker Classic Marinara Sauce

Name: Slow-Cooker Classic Marinara Sauce
Yield: Makes about 10 cups; enough for 2 pounds pasta
Cuisine: Italian
Ingredients: 2 , onions, chopped fine; 6 , garlic cloves, minced; 2 tablespoons, tomato paste; 2 tablespoons, extra-virgin olive oil; 2 tablespoons, minced fresh oregano or 2 teaspoons dried; , Salt and pepper; 2 , (28-ounce) cans crushed tomatoes; 1 , (28-ounce) can tomato puree; 1/2 cup, dry red wine; 2 teaspoons, sugar, plus extra for seasoning; , chopped fresh basil

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Italian

Slow Cooker

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The marinara for everything.

A cookbook recipe exclusively for All-Access members from The Complete Slow Cooker

SERVESMakes about 10 cups; enough for 2 pounds pasta

TIME8 to 10 hours on low or 5 to 7 hours on high

Slow cooker size4 to 7 quarts

A cookbook recipe exclusively for All-Access members from The Complete Slow Cooker

WHY THIS RECIPE WORKS

There are many classic pasta sauces that are basically variations on marinara, and we wanted to come up with a formula for making them in the slow cooker, where the long simmering time would render them rich and flavorful. The biggest hurdl...

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