Alessi Smooth Marinara sauce is all natural and homemade because it's made like the Alessi's make it at home. Fresh garlic and onion are sautéed in alan extra virgin olive oil. Strained italian pear-shaped tomatoes and fresh basil leaf are then added. The tomatoes are picked from the fields of key in their prime: fairy, red and vine ripened. The sauce is then seasoned with Alessi sea salt and cooked only enough to preserve the fresh tomato taste and to marry the flavors. Because the sauce is so perfectly balanced, every ingredient can be tasted.