Marinara sauce is perhaps the simplest and quickest sauce in the Neapolitan tradition: tomato, garlic, oregano.

These beef steaks are called alla Pizzaiola, which roughly means ‘pizza-style’ precisely because they are seasoned with marinara sauce, which is the basis of pizza toppings.

Serves: 4 | Preparation time: <5 mins | Cooking time: 20 mins

  • Beef steaks otherwise you can replace beef with veal: 400 g
  • Canned peeled tomatoes : 500 g
  • Garlic cloves: 3
  • Extra virgin olive oil (EVOO) or Olive Oil: 3 tablespoons
  • Oregano, dried: a generous handful
  • Salt : to taste

Method

You can cook the steaks whole or cut them into chunks, preferably not too small.

Heat the oil in a large frying pan and brown the garlic.

You can remove the garlic from the pan or leave it, as you prefer. Add the tomato sauce, oregano and a pinch of salt, stir and cook for about 10-15 minutes.

Now place the steaks directly in the frying pan covering them with tomato sauce and cook for 1-2 minutes on each side, the tomato sauce should thicken a little.

Serve hot with a drizzle of olive oil.

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