Florence Fabricant's Marinara Sauce

Name: Florence Fabricant's Marinara Sauce
Total time: 20 min
Yield: 4 cups
Cuisine: italian
Ingredients: 2 cups sun-dried tomatoes, not in oil; 3 cups still bottled water; 7 ripe plum tomatoes, halved and seeded; 12 basil leaves; 4 cloves garlic; 1 teaspoon finely grated onion; 2 tablespoons pure maple syrup; 3 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil; 1/2 teaspoon lemon juice; 2 tablespoons fresh oregano leaves; 1 1/2 teaspoons fresh thyme leaves; Freshly ground black pepper

Recipe from Roxanne's

Adapted by Florence Fabricant

Total Time: 20 minutes
Rating: 4(13)
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Ingredients

Yield:4 cups

2cups sun-dried tomatoes, not in oil
3cups still bottled water
7ripe plum tomatoes, halved and seeded
12basil leaves
4cloves garlic
1teaspoon finely grated onion
2tablespoons pure maple syrup
3tablespoons extra virgin olive oil
½teaspoon lemon juice
2tablespoons fresh oregano leaves
1½teaspoons fresh thyme leaves
Freshly ground black pepper

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Preparation

Step 1
Place sun-dried tomatoes in a bowl, add bottled water and set aside to soak 2 to 4 hours. Drain tomatoes, reserving 1 cup of the water.
Step 2
Place sun-dried tomatoes, plum tomatoes, basil, garlic, onion, maple syrup and olive oil in food processor, and process as fine as possible.
Step 3
Transfer 2 cups of the mixture to a blender. Add ½ cup of the reserved water, and blend, first on low speed, then high, until smoothly puréed. Add remaining tomato mixture about ½ cup at a time, stirring it in and blending after each addition, until tomato mixture is smooth and saucelike. If too thick, add a little additional reserved soaking water. Blend in lemon juice.
Step 4
Pulse in oregano and thyme. Season to taste with pepper.