Best tomato sauce for pasta ever

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In case you haven't tried it

www.thekitchn.com/marcella-hazans-amazing-4ingre-144538

It's basically 1 tin of tomatoes cooked on a medium heat with half an onion and 5 tablespoons of butter for 45 minutes or so. A bit of stirring now and then.

It's so so good. Really rich and delicious. We didn't have anything else with it, just parmesan and pasta. Yum.

Olive oil doesn’t work, it’s the milk proteins and fat in the butter that make it so perfect. You can of course use olive oil, but it won’t be rich and smooth and would need extras adding to it to get a similar flavour.

Maybe I'll try butter next time then!

I’ve got mine on the job as I type. Cannot wait

Job? Hob!

It’s amazing

Ooh, thank you. I'm excited to try this. I made pasta sauce a lot but it's a bit laborious, this sounds super easy and very tasty.

Do you use any particular brand of tinned tomatoes?

This recipe transforms even the dreariest of big standard tinned toms into something sensational. But you will of course get slightly better results with a superior tin.

Thank you.

BOG standard! My, but iPhone spellcheck is prudish

What is the cookery book called, please?

Essentials of good italian cooking by Marcella Hazan

Sorry, essentials of classic italian cooking

Going to try this. I do a similar one, but with chopped onions that are part of the sauce, so I'm intrigued by the idea of simmering a halved onion and removing it at the end.

Definitely going to try this!

I see the recipe calls for 1 x 28 oz tin of tomatoes which I worked out is around 784 grams. So basically around 2.5 tbsp of butter per standard sized tin of tomatoes - that's not bad at all actually.

Thanks for posting this OP, I'll give it a go.

Have done some googling and there are others food52.com/blog/22887-marcella-hazan-s-tomato-sauces-a-love-story

Thanks for posting this, DS (3) is really fussy and hates 'bits' in sauces (so, onion mainly!) but he might go for this!

Have this on the hob as I type! Only had salted butter though, so didn't add salt just in case. Only had cheap lidl tinned tomatoes so will see how it goes. Great it can be frozen. Thanks OP, thinking of also purchasing the book!

I'm just about to make this but I only have salted butter too, should I brave the rain to go get unsalted? Or just not add salt?

I'm just about to make this but I only have salted butter too, should I brave the rain to go get unsalted? Or just not add salt?

I've gone with salted butter, it's underway but having Googled the recipe some say 5tbl spoons per 400g of toms and some 5tbl spoons per 800g. I've gone with the 5/400, will it be too rich?

My own is similar but less butter and fresh garlic. I'm currently awaiting some cooking now for my tea!

If you can try and get tinned tomatoes without citric acid in. Hard to find but much better quality.

Well it tastes ok, could be the cheap tomatoes. I'll freeze it as not having it tonight anyway. Will look for tomatoes without citric acid!