Marinara sauce is a tomato sauce usually made with tomatoes, garlic, natural herbs, and onions. Variants include capers, olives, seasonings, and a dashboard of a glass of wine. Commonly utilized in Italian-American cuisine, it is referred to as alla marinara ('sailor's style') in its native Italy, where it is usually made with tomatoes, basil, olive oil, garlic, and oregano, yet additionally in some cases with olives, capers, and salty anchovies. It is used for pastas and vermicelli, however likewise with meat or fish. The terms should not be confused with spaghetti marinara, a prominent meal in Australia, New Zealand, Spain, and South Africa, in which a tomato-based sauce is combined with fresh seafood. In Italy, a pasta sauce including fish and shellfish is much more commonly called alla pescatora.
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