In case you aren’t yet acquainted with Marcella Hazan’s iconic three-ingredient tomato sauce, it is that good. If you’re already a convert, carry on supping on this incredibly rich, well-balanced sauce; if you aren’t, please (please!) simmer up a batch tonight.
Sure, the tomatoes (at least the canned ones) aren’t going anywhere, but just think, each day you wait is one more day without a drop of this velvety sauce passing your lips.
This sauce is not only stupid simple to prepare (three ingredients: that’s it), it’ll also blow any and all competition out of the water.
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NOTES
While perhaps best in its most elemental state, glossed over strands of spaghetti, it could be slathered on pizza, layered in lasagna, or employed as a poaching liquid for eggs.
DIRECTIONS
- Place the tomatoes, butter, and halved onion in a medium saucepan (3 quarts or larger).
- Bring the sauce to a boil, then lower the heat to a simmer, and cook for 45 minutes, or until the butter droplets separate from the tomato juices. Remove the onions and reserve for another use.
- Using an immersion blender, pulse a few times to break up large chunks of tomato. Alternatively, run the sauce through a food mill, on the coarsest setting. Season to taste if necessary.
INGREDIENTS
1 28-ounce can whole peeled tomatoes, or 2 pounds fresh tomatoes, peeled and cored
5 tablespoons unsalted butter
1 medium yellow onion, peeled and halved
Salt, to taste
Chiffonade of basil (optional)