Marinara Sauce

also called red sauce · tomato sauce · salsa marinara

Three ways to read this recipe

The table

Marinara Sauce: ingredients down the left, what to do with them across. Tap any cell to cross it off.
6 cloves(thinly sliced)garlicwarm 2 minbloom 30 secsimmer 30 minfinish off heat
1/4 cup(60 mL)extra-virgin olive oil
1/4 tspred pepper flakes
28 oz(800 g; crushed by hand)whole peeled tomatoes
1 tspkosher salt
1/2 tspsugar
10 leaves(torn)fresh basil
1/4 tspblack pepper
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What to lay out

Everything the recipe asks for, sitting under the step that eats it. Tick each one as you measure it.8 things to get out.

1warm 2 min

2bloom 30 sec

goes in with what step 1 made

3simmer 30 min

goes in with what step 2 made

4finish off heat

goes in with what step 3 made

Cooking it

Tap a step when it is done; the next one lights up.

The clock

Start to finish
at least 33 mintwo waits that overlap count once
Needs you
3 minof the steps that give a time

One of the 4 steps never says how long it takes, so both numbers are floors. Nothing here says whether you can walk away, so all 3 min of it is counted as time you are standing over it. The recipe itself says 45 min.

  1. warm 2 min

    2 minneeds you(assumed)from the start

  2. bloom 30 sec

    30 secneeds you(assumed)2 min in

  3. simmer 30 min

    30 minwalk away(read off the step)3 min in

  4. finish off heat

    not timed33 min in

Drawn to scale, so a long wait really does take up the room it takes. The shortest stretches keep a sliver so they stay visible; their times are printed beside them. The minutes are always the recipe’s own; a dashed edge means we worked out from the step whether you have to be there, and a dotted one means nothing was said, so we assumed you are standing over it.

Goes with

See how it is written
>> title: Marinara Sauce
>> category: Sauces & Gravies
>> tags: tomato, pasta, vegetarian, stovetop
>> counters: Pizzeria
>> aka: red sauce, tomato sauce, salsa marinara
>> servings: 6
>> time: 45 min
>> step.1: warm 2 min
>> step.2: bloom 30 sec
>> step.3: simmer 30 min
>> step.4: finish off heat

Warm @garlic{6%cloves}(thinly sliced) in @extra-virgin olive oil{1/4%cup}(60 mL) over medium-low heat for ~{2%min}, until fragrant but not browned.

Bloom @red pepper flakes{1/4%tsp} in @&(~1)garlic oil{} for ~{30%sec}.

Simmer @&(~1)garlic oil{} with @whole peeled tomatoes{28%oz}(800 g; crushed by hand), @kosher salt{1%tsp}, and @sugar{1/2%tsp} for ~{30%min}.

Finish @&(~1)sauce{} off the heat with @fresh basil{10%leaves}(torn) and @black pepper{1/4%tsp}.