Instant Pot Homemade Marinara Sauce is a simple recipe that is essential in every kitchen. Made with fresh tomatoes and no artificial ingredients or sugar, this spaghetti sauce is perfect for Italian dishes like pizza, pasta, and soups.
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Reasons to Make Instant Pot Marinara Sauce
Marinara Sauce is a classic Italian sauce made with tomatoes, garlic, carrots, onions, oil, and herbs. While it is a versatile sauce used in various dishes, this homemade version is free of artificial ingredients and sugar, offering a fresh and authentic taste.
Benefits of Using an Instant Pot for Marinara Sauce
This Instant Pot version of Marinara Sauce saves time and effort compared to the traditional stovetop method. The pressure cooking process infuses the flavors, resulting in a rich and delicious sauce in under 30 minutes. Using fresh tomatoes and no added sugar or preservatives makes it a healthier option, suitable for freezing and long-term storage.
Differences Between Marinara Sauce, Tomato Sauce, and Spaghetti Sauce
Marinara Sauce is a quick, loose sauce made with fresh tomatoes, onions, herbs, and garlic. Tomato Sauce is a thicker, sweeter sauce made from pureed tomatoes and additional vegetables. Spaghetti Sauce is a variation of Marinara Sauce with added proteins, seafood, or cheese.
Ingredients for Fresh Tomato Marinara Sauce
To make this Instant Pot Marinara Sauce, you’ll need fresh tomatoes, onions, carrots, herbs, garlic, water or broth, and optional olive oil. These ingredients come together to create a flavorful sauce that can be enjoyed in various dishes.
How to Prepare Spaghetti Sauce with Fresh Tomatoes
The process of making this Spaghetti Sauce is simple and straightforward. By sautéing the ingredients and pressure cooking them, you can have a delicious sauce ready in no time. Blend the cooked ingredients to your desired consistency, and your homemade Marinara Sauce is ready to be enjoyed.
You could also use a Potato Masher to mash up all the ingredients if you like the sauce chunky.
What makes red tomato marinara sauce orange?
Back when I started making this sauce, I used to always wonder why my sauce was not the bright red sauce like the recipe I see online. Then I realized most online recipes used canned tomatoes in some form or the other. However this recipe calls for fresh tomatoes only. When using fresh tomatoes you have to remember a couple things.
First, the carrot we added in place of sugar as an acidity regulator, does give a little orangish ting.
Next when you use a blender to puree the mixture the tomatoes oxidize when exposed to air. However if you are using a vacuum blender you will realize the color doesn’t change.
It can also happen when sometimes although the tomatoes look red, but they are not fully mature from the inside.
How to fix the orange color?
Although the color of the sauce doesn’t bother me, sometimes when making this for a crowd you want your dish to be perfect. So what I typically do then is, stew a couple whole tomatoes. Remove the skin and hand mash them and mix them into my sauce for the bright red color. It will definitely improve the color.
Can I can this Marinara Sauce? Is it Freezer Friendly?
Yes!!! If you want to can this sauce, pour the hot sauce to sterilized canning jars, sealing tightly with new lids, and follow canning instructions for your jars.
You can also allow the sauce to cool down and transfer it into freezer safe containers or or bags and it will stay good for a couple months.
What is marinara sauce good for?
We all know it’s great over Pasta and Pizza.
I often use it in my soups instead of tomatoes, Italian Lentil Soup & Minestrone Soup.
Ratatouille, spread this sauce before laying out those thin cuts of veggies.
Dress up those veggie meatballs with this Marinara Sauce, yum!
Dip those mozzarella sticks, garlic bread or mini toasts in this Marinara Sauce.
Tip : Make batches and store in summer, will come handy for back-to-school. I typically top his pasta with this sauce and pair it with homemade Apple Chips. Often this pasta is also our Friday night meal and I pair it with Vegetable Quinoa Soup.
I hope you consider trying this recipe, as it’s so delicious and rich in taste. Try it yourself. When you do try this recipe, don’t forget to tag us on Instagram @dbellyrulesdmind. Take a picture and send it our way.
More Italian Instant Pot Recipes from the blog
Homemade Spaghetti Sauce with Fresh Tomatoes
Yield:
2 16 oz jars
Prep Time:
5 minutes
Cook Time:
15 minutes
Additional Time:
10 minutes
Total Time:
30 minutes
Instant Pot Marinara Sauce is an easy marinara sauce recipe that is a must have in every kitchen. Made with only fresh tomatoes, minus all artificial ingredients and sugar. Perfect for any Italian meal, pizza, pasta or even soups this marinara sauce will soon replace the store bough jarred sauce. Vegan.
Ingredients
1 lbs tomatoes, diced
1 large onion diced
8 garlic cloves, minced
1 tablespoon dried basil
1 tablespoon dried oregano
1 carrot, diced
2 tablespoon fresh basil, chopped
2 tablespoon fresh parsley, chopped
4 oz. water / vegetable broth
2 tablespoon olive oil
salt to taste