Marcella Hazan's Tomato Sauce with Onion and Butter

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Ingredients

  • 2 pounds fresh, ripe tomatoes, prepared as described below, or 2 cups canned imported Italian tomatoes, cut up, with their juice Ask a question about this ingredient.
  • 5 tablespoons butter Ask a question about this ingredient.
  • 1 medium onion, peeled and cut in half Ask a question about this ingredient.
  • Salt to taste Ask a question about this ingredient.

Preparation

Step 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.

Stir from time to time, mashing up any large pieces of tomato with the back of a wooden spoon.

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.

The food mill method: Wash the tomatoes in cold water, cut them lengthwise in half, and put them in a covered saucepan. Turn on the heat to medium and cook for 10 minutes. Set a food mill fitted with the disk with the largest holes over a bowl. Transfer the tomatoes with any of their juices to the mill and puree.

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My grandmother use to make homemade chicken soup and do the same thing with an onion.. She'd put the whole onion in though and then remove it just before serving.

I made this on Saturday and we loved it. I served it with sauteed eggplant, veal and pasta. Terrific. But the real surprise came when I was making a new bbq sauce. I had the onion and about 1 cup of the Marcella Sauce left over. I needed 2 cups of tomato sauce (plus ketchup, molasses, brown sugar, vinegar (I used fig balsamic), herbs and spices. So, I dumped the Marcella sauce and a cup of fresh tomato from my garden (peeled and chopped) into the food processor and blended it together. Then I simmered it with the other ingredients for about an hour. Oh my. Oh my. Really good BBQ sauce! And I didn't waste that onion!

Can't believe I'm so late to the table with this recipe, but can't wait to make. BTW, her spaghetti carbonara is TO DIE FOR!!!!!!!

I made this last night with some whole wheat pasta and it was great.The only problem

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