Marinara sauce
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 A plate of ravioli alla marinara |
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| Place of origin | Italy |
| Region or state | Naples |
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| Course | Main course |
| Serving temperature | Hot over pasta |
| Main ingredient(s) | Tomatoes, garlic, onions, basil |
| Variations | Olives, capers |
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Marinara (mariner's) sauce is a southern Italian tomato sauce usually made with tomatoes, garlic, herbs, and onions.[1][2] Its many variations can include the addition of capers, olives and spices.[3][4]
Traditional southern Italian cuisine uses this sauce to add flavor to pasta, rice, seafood and pizza.[5][6] This sauce is also widely used in Italian-American cuisine, which has diverged significantly from its Old World origins.
Italians refer to marinara sauce only in association with other recipes. For instance, spaghetti alla marinara literally translates to "spaghetti mariner's style" (from the adjective marinara with the feminine suffix -a pertaining to salsa, Italian for sauce), but tomato sauce alone in Italy is called sugo/salsa al/di pomodoro or pomarola.
Outside of the US, this is referred to as Neapolitan sauce or Napoli sauce, and Marinara sauce refers to a sauce containing seafood.[7]
Origin [edit]
At least two folk theories are given as to the origin of this sauce: One says cooks aboard Neapolitan ships invented marinara sauce in the mid-16th century after Spaniards introduced the tomato (a New World fruit) to Europe. The original recipe did not contain seafood, so it was resistant to spoilage due to the high acid content of tomatoes. This made it ideal for lengthy sea voyages hundreds of years before refrigeration methods were invented. Another theory states this was a sauce prepared by the wives of Neapolitan sailors upon their return from sea.[8] An Australian folk theory accounts that seafood marinara sauce was the first tomato-based pasta sauce popularized in the US, and with the explosion in popularity of Italian cuisine, the name "marinara sauce" became a misnomenclature for Neapolitan sauce or salsa Napolitana. In Australia, where it has been introduced by Italian Australians, marinara sauce always includes seafood ('marine'), except at the American fast food chain Subway.
Historically, however, the first Italian cookbook to include tomato sauce,[9] Lo Scalo alla Moderna (The Modern Steward), was written by Italian chef Antonio Latini and was published in two volumes in 1692 and 1694. Latini served as the Steward of the First Minister to the Spanish Viceroy of Naples.[10][9][11] This early tomato sauce was more like a modern tomato salsa. [12]
References [edit]
- ^ "Definition of marinara sauce on the Oxford Dictionary website". Askoxford.com. Retrieved 2013-05-03.
- ^ "Definition of marinara sauce on the Your Dictionary website". Yourdictionary.com. 2013-04-17. Retrieved 2013-05-03.
- ^ "Giada Delaurentis' recipe for marinara sauce". Foodnetwork.com. Retrieved 2013-05-03.
- ^ Mario Batali (2007-10-05). "Mario Batali's recipe for marinara sauce on the Serious Eats website". Seriouseats.com. Retrieved 2013-05-03.
- ^ "Spaghetti marinara recipe on the Taste website". Taste.com.au. 2010-01-01. Retrieved 2013-05-03.
- ^ "Penne marinara recipe on the Foodnetwork website". Foodnetwork.com. Retrieved 2013-05-03.
- ^ "Spaghetti Marinara Recipe". Taste.com.au. 2010-01-01. Retrieved 2013-05-03.
- ^ "Info on the origin of marinara sauce on the Italian Chef website". Italianchef.com. 2013-04-24. Retrieved 2013-05-03.
- ^ a b Elizabeth David, Italian Food (1954, 1999), p 319, and John Dickie, Delizia! The Epic History of the Italians and Their Food, 2008, p. 162.
- ^ Alan Davidson, "Europeans' Wary Encounter with Tomatoes, Potatoes, and Other New World Foods" in Chilies to Chocolate: Food the Americas Gave the World, (University of Arizona Press) 1992.
- ^ Origins of Italian tomato sauce Foodtimeline.org. Retrieved 23 April 2011
- ^ "The Original Tomato Sauce | The Vintage Cookbook Trials". Vintagecookbooktrials.wordpress.com. 2013-04-11. Retrieved 2013-05-03.
External links [edit]
Marinara Sauce at Wikibook Cookbooks
Vintage Cookbook Trials -- the tomato sauce recipe from Lo scalco all moderna
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