World’s Best Marinara

Ingredients

• 1 tablespoon olive oil
• 1 sweet onion, diced
• 4 cloves garlic, minced
• 1 (8 ounce) package fresh mushrooms, chopped
• 1 red bell pepper, diced
• 1 cup fresh flat-leaf parsley, torn
• 2 tablespoons oregano
• 2 tablespoons white sugar
• 2 teaspoons dried basil
• 1 teaspoon dried rosemary
• 1/2 teaspoon dried sage
• 1/2 teaspoon red pepper flakes
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• Ground black pepper to taste
• 1 (28 ounce) can tomato sauce

Directions

Heat olive oil in a saucepan over medium heat; cook and stir onion and garlic until fragrant, about 2 minutes. Add mushrooms, red bell pepper, and parsley; cook and stir until mushrooms are slightly softened, about 2 minutes. Add oregano, sugar, basil, rosemary, sage, red pepper flakes, salt, and black pepper; stir to combine, 2 minutes.

Stir tomato sauce into seasoned onion-mushroom mixture; cook over low heat until flavors have combined, 30 minutes.

Transfer half the sauce to a blender; blend until smooth. Return to saucepan with the remaining sauce; stir to combine.