Marinara Sauce - cooking recipe

Ingredients

2 Tbsp. olive or salad oil
1 small onion, chopped
1 large garlic clove, minced
1 Tbsp. sugar
2 Tbsp. chopped fresh basil or 2 tsp. dried basil
1 1/2 tsp. salt
1 (16 oz.) can tomatoes
1 (6 oz.) can tomato paste

Preparation

About
30
minutes before serving:
In 2 quart saucepan over medium-low heat, in hot olive oil, cook onion and garlic until tender,
stirring
occasionally.
Stir in sugar, basil, salt, tomatoes
with
their
liquid
and\ttomato\tpaste; heat mixture to\tboiling,
stirring
to break up tomatoes.
Reduce heat\tto low,
cover
saucepan and simmer 20 minutes to blend flavors, stirring occasionally.