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Learn how to make a simple and delicious marinara sauce with fresh or canned tomatoes, garlic, herbs, and sugar. This 20-minute sauce is perfect for pasta, pizza, meatballs, and more. Marinara derives from the Italian word for sailor, marinaro. Due to these origins I have seen many people say that marinara sauce must contain something from the sea, usually anchovies. Actually this is not the case, the origins of marinara sauce are that it is the sauce that they made in Naples for the sailors when they returned from the sea. Origin A cup of marinara sauce Several folk theories exist as to the origin of this sauce. One version states that cooks aboard Neapolitan ships returning from the Americas invented marinara sauce in the mid-16th century after Spaniards introduced the tomato to Europe. Make the best marinara sauce in 30 minutes. This easy, vegan, gluten-free recipe is perfect for pasta or pizza. Yummy and healthy!