Robert Irvines Marinara Recipes

MUSSELS MARINARA

Steps:

• Heat the oil in a large saute pan over medium heat. Add the onion and garlic and saute until cooked. Add the wine and reduce it by half, then add the plum tomatoes, oregano and parsley. Add the mussels to the pan and allow to cook for about 10 minutes until all the mussels are open. Transfer mussels to a platter. (Discard any mussels that do not open.)
• You can mound some pasta in the center of the plate surrounded by the mussels or have some bruschetta handy for dipping into the sauce.
• Adjust the seasoning for the sauce with salt and pepper, as necessary. Coat the mussels with the sauce and sprinkle with fresh chopped basil just before serving.

RED SAUCE BASE - MARINARA

Steps:

• In a saucepan over medium-high heat, add the olive oil and heat. Add the onions and garlic to the pan, cooking until the onions have softened. Next, add the carrots, stir, and then add the wine to deglaze. Next, reduce the heat to medium and add the thyme, cooking for an additional 5 minutes. Add the tomatoes and juices, bring to a boil and then reduce the heat to a simmer. Finally, add the basil and continue to cook over low heat, 20 to 30 minutes. Taste to season and remove from the heat.

MUSSELS MARINARA

Steps:

• Heat oil in a large stockpot. Gently saute onions and garlic until golden brown, being careful not to burn them. Add mussels to pot along with beer, marinara sauce, salt, pepper, and pasta seasoning, and top off with fresh chopped tomatoes and fresh basil. Cover pot and simmer until mussels open. Remove mussels to serving platter, discarding any that do not open. Spoon sauce around mussels and put extra sauce in a serving bowl to be used for dipping crusty bread or serving over a side of pasta.

ROBERT IRVINE'S - MARINARA

Steps:

• In a saucepan over medium-high heat, add the olive oil and heat. Add the onions and garlic to the pan, cooking until the onions have softened. Next, add the carrots, stir, and then add the wine to deglaze. Next, reduce the heat to medium and add the thyme, cooking for an additional 5 minutes. Add the tomatoes and juices, bring to a boil and then reduce the heat to a simmer. Finally, add the basil and continue to cook over low heat, 20 to 30 minutes. Taste to season and remove from the heat.

MEATBALLS

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F.
• Heat a saute pan to medium heat. Add the oil and saute the onions, garlic and oregano until the onions are slightly caramelized. Set aside to cool.
• In large bowl, mix the chilled tomato sauce with the bread. Add the ground beef, sausage, Parmesan, parsley, provolone, tomato paste, ham, mortadella, salami, raw eggs, hard-boiled eggs and the onion mixture and mix well.
• Form 3-ounce meatballs and place them on a nonstick baking sheet, or a baking sheet lined with parchment paper or a baking mat. Bake until the meatballs are cooked through, 18 to 20 minutes.

MARINARA

Steps:

• Heat the olive oil in a saucepan over medium-high heat to the verge of smoking. Add the onion, celery and carrots, cooking until the onions have softened. Next, deglaze the pan with wine, stirring and scraping the bottom of the pan. Add the canned and fresh tomatoes and the garlic, reduce the heat to medium and simmer for 20 minutes.
• Next, add the basil, thyme, oregano, Worcestershire sauce and salt and pepper to taste, reduce the heat to low and let simmer for another 20 to 25 minutes. Pulse with a hand-held immersion blender until semi-smooth, stirring throughout the process.

MARINARA

Steps:

• In a large saucepan, heat oil over medium-high heat. Add onions; cook and stir until tender, 3-5 minutes. Add garlic; cook and stir 1 minute longer. Stir in remaining ingredients. Bring to a boil. Reduce heat; cover and simmer until thickened and flavors are blended, 30-45 minutes, stirring occasionally and breaking up tomatoes with wooden spoon.