Marcella Hazan's Tomato Sauce
The famous four-ingredient tomato sauce - just tinned tomatoes, butter, onion and salt, simmered until rich and silky.
Ingredients
- 800g tin whole tomatoes, no salt or herbs added
- 75g unsalted butter
- 1 small white onion, peeled and halved
- Sea salt
- Cooked pasta, to serve
- Finely grated parmesan, to serve
- Freshly ground black pepper, to serve
Instructions
- Place the tomatoes, butter, halved onion and a pinch of salt in a large saucepan and bring to a simmer over a medium-high heat.
- Lower the heat to maintain a gentle simmer and cook, stirring and crushing the tomatoes lightly with the back of a spoon occasionally, until droplets of fat appear on the surface, about 45 minutes.
- Remove and discard the onion.
- Serve over hot pasta with grated parmesan and black pepper, if desired.