How to Season Spaghetti Sauce

Video Transcript

"Okay, now that I’ve got my balsamic vinegar into my pan here, the last thing that I need to do to finish off my marinara is to season it. And you kind of want to do this later in the game, after its had time to reduce and cook a little bit because the flavors going to change and it’s also going to reduce. So if you put too much salt in the beginning and it reduces down it’s only going to get saltier, so again salt at the very end. And so for this amount that I have I’m going to put about a half a tablespoon of salt. Another thing to remember with salt is that you can always add more but you can’t take it away; so salt conserving, you can always add more if you need it. So I’ve got the salt in, I’m using coarser salt, and I’m going to add about a teaspoon of fresh cracked white pepper, and again fresh cracked pepper is so much better than the other kind because it just has a much better flavor when it’s fresh cracked, the oils are so fresh and it just tastes so much better. So I’ve got my pepper in there and the last thing you want to add is about a quarter of a cup of extra virgin olive oil. It’s got to taste good and the reason I like to add that is because it gives it a little bit more body to the sauce and just that olive oil flavor which I love. All right, I’m going to mix this up a little bit, and now we’re ready to go. "