The Simple Mistake That Ruins Marinara Sauce - Chowhound

When cooking marinara sauce, you want to maintain the integrity of the tomatoes. For that reason, don't cook the sauce for more than 20 minutes. As the tomatoes heat, they break down and the sauce loses moisture, resulting in a thicker sauce with a different flavor. Since marinara's flavor comes from that bright, acidic tomato taste and it's supposed to be on the thinner side, simmering the sauce for hours will…