Marinara Sauce

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This Marinara sauce is light, versatile and only takes 30 minutes from stove to plate.
Try it as a plain sauce or with my variations listed at the end of the recipe.
Pictured is with shrimp over linguine.

shrimp marinara sauce
shrimp marinara sauce

Ingredients:
2 TBLS olive oil
2 cloves garlic, crushed and minced
3-4 leaves of fresh basil, torn
28oz-35oz can crushed tomatoes in puree (my favorites are “Pomi, Sclafani or Tuttorosso” brand)
add some red pepper flakes if you like spicy

Directions:
Heat a 3qt sauce pot add the oil and garlic for 2-3 minutes. Add the balance of ingredients and simmer covered for 30 minutes.
This will cover about 3/4 LB pasta.

**variations**
add up to 1LB of all or either; raw deveined, shelled shrimp, bay scallops, cut/cleaned calamari and simmer just a few minutes longer, until the seafood is cooked.
Or serve over anything you like such as store bought fresh pasta.