{"id":1439363,"date":"2021-05-12T08:59:46","date_gmt":"2020-03-24T13:59:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.tasteofhome.com\/?p=1439363"},"modified":"2024-05-03T14:38:14","modified_gmt":"2024-05-03T19:38:14","slug":"marinara-vs-tomato-sauce","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tasteofhome.com\/article\/marinara-vs-tomato-sauce\/","title":{"rendered":"Marinara vs. Tomato Sauce: What\u2019s the Difference?"},"content":{"rendered":"Most of us are pretty familiar with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tasteofhome.com\/article\/sugo-tomato-sauce\/\">Italian tomato sauce<\/a>. It's tossed with pasta for any number of quick-and-easy weeknight dinners, simmered with eggs for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tasteofhome.com\/recipes\/shakshuka\/\">shashuka<\/a> or slathered onto homemade pizza dough.\r\n\r\nWe often see the terms \"tomato sauce\" and \"marinara\" used interchangeably on the jars of sauce in the grocery store. You'll even find some specifically labeled as spaghetti sauce or pizza sauce. Here\u2019s our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tasteofhome.com\/collection\/best-jarred-pasta-sauce\/\">best jarred pasta sauce<\/a> collection to stock your pantry.\r\n\r\nWhich begs the question: Other than the fact that they all contain tomatoes, are these sauces actually that different?\r\n<h2>Marinara vs. Tomato Sauce<\/h2>\r\nMarinara is a simple sauce made with garlic, crushed red pepper and basil, and it comes together in about an hour. Tomato sauce, on the other hand, is thick, rich and complex. Making it takes hours. Tomato sauce typically contains more ingredients, too, including vegetables and salt pork.\r\n<h3>What is marinara?<\/h3>\r\nWhen most of us think of tomato sauce, we're actually thinking about <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tasteofhome.com\/recipes\/the-best-marinara-sauce\">marinara<\/a>. Marinara is tomato sauce, but it's a thinner, simplier sauce that cooks very quickly: It only needs to simmer for about an hour. The sauce gets its characteristic flavor by the addition of garlic, crushed red pepper flakes and herbs like basil and oregano. You can make marinara with any <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tasteofhome.com\/collection\/types-of-tomato\/\">type of tomato<\/a>, but varieties of plum or paste tomatoes work best. For a classic version, use sweet, low-acid San Marzano tomatoes.\r\n\r\nBecause marinara isn't too complex in flavor, it's perfect for pasta and pizza (and these other <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tasteofhome.com\/collection\/recipes-that-start-with-a-jar-of-marinara-sauce\/\">marinara-based recipes<\/a>). It may even be labeled \"pizza sauce\" at the store.\r\n\r\nWondering about the difference between marinara sauce and spaghetti sauce? 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