Marinara Sauce - cooking recipe

Ingredients

20 plum tomatoes
1 to 3 cloves garlic
3 to 5 leaves fresh basil or 1 tsp. dry
1 to 3 bay leaves
2 to 4 Tbsp. olive oil

Preparation

Peel tomatoes by scalding them briefly in boiling water so skin comes\toff
easily.
Peel
garlic and put into blender with a small
piece
of
peeled
tomato.
Blend for 2 seconds. Add rest of tomatoes
to
garlic
mixture and blend for 2 to 3 seconds. Remove and\tplace
in pot.\tBring to a simmer uncovered.
Add bay leaves
and
basil\tto
the sauce.\tSimmer for about 5
minutes. Remove
and
discard bay leaves.
Add olive oil just before serving.