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Cooking & Baking

Old Crank

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8. It might be just a classic marinara sauce.

Reply to BigmanPigman (Reply #3)

Wed Jul 3, 2024, 02:57 PM

Jul 2024

Italian alla marinara is very simple.
Olive oil. heated, thin sliced galic cooked to crisp then removed, plum tomatoes crushed in the pan, then topped with a good sprig or two of basil, Perhaps a little oregano and a quick gring or two of black pepper.
Cook down just a bit.
that is it.

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A classic rant. Old Crank Jul 2024 #7

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It might be just a classic marinara sauce. Old Crank Jul 2024 #8

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