Marcella Hazan's Tomato Sauce With Onion & Butter

This is my go-to now. I typically add garlic and leave the onion in (diced first). I’ve made it with ground salsiccia and that’s been ok but the greasiness of the sausage almost soaks up the sauce entirely. Once spring/summer brings fresh herbs, I look forward to adding those at the end. Also, it goes BEST with handmade pasta or otherwise purchased fresh pasta, rather than dry. I mean, fresh pasta is always better, but in this case it’s especially better than with dried pasta.

I add some roasted garlic and a bit of tomato paste. But I also remove all the seeds using a food milk to get a really silky texture.

So simple and mind blowing good!

Here it is! We use 2 big cans of crushed tomatoes from Costco and 1 stick of unsalted butter. We also blend it with the onion at the end so it’s smooth cause we aren’t fans of chunky tomato sauce