Marcella Hazan's Tomato Sauce With Onion & Butter

Marcella Hazan's Tomato Sauce With Onion & Butter

from food52.com
60 min

The most famous tomato sauce recipe on the internet, from Marcella Hazan's Essentials of Classic Italian Cooking. All you need are tomatoes, butter, and onion.

Ingredients

  • 2 pounds fresh, ripe tomatoes, prepared as described below, or 2 cups canned imported Italian tomatoes, cut up, with their juice
  • 5 tablespoons butter
  • 1 medium onion, peeled and cut in half
  • Salt to taste
  • fresh, ripe plum tomatoes (or other varieties, if they are equally ripe and truly fruity, not watery)

Directions

  1. 1

    Put either the prepared fresh tomatoes or the canned in a saucepan, add the butter, onion, and salt, and cook uncovered at a very slow, but steady simmer for about 45 minutes, or until it is thickened to your liking and the fat floats free from the tomato.

  2. 2

    The blanching method: Plunge the tomatoes in boiling water for a minute or less. Drain them and, as soon as they are cool enough to handle, skin them, and cut them into coarse pieces.