Everyone loves spaghetti with tomato sauce - if it's a good tomato sauce.
A certain recipe is supposed to be the best ever and it's still very easy.
Some people really contrive the "hunt" for the perfect tomato sauce.
Finely chopped onions, anchovies, vine tomatoes picked under the full moon ... The secret of a delicious and inexpensive tomato sauce should be much simpler.
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Is Marcella Hazan's Tomato Sauce Really The Best?
Many chefs swear by the recipe of the Italian Marcella Hazan and her simple creation has often been called "the best tomato sauce in the world".
The cookbook author, who died in 2013, writes in her book "The Classic Italian Cuisine" (partner link) that all you need
for a good tomato sauce is onions, butter and canned tomatoes
.
While a good piece of butter conjures up a lot of flavor in the sauce, it is the onion that is unusual.
This is not cut into small pieces.
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This is how the recipe for the "best tomato sauce in the world" works
Peel an onion * and cut it in half.
Put the half onion in a saucepan with five tablespoons of butter, a tin of tomatoes (whole and peeled) and a few pinches of salt.
Let the whole thing simmer for 45 minutes on a low flame and gradually chop the tomatoes (not the onion) with a wooden spoon.
Before serving, remove the onion and season the sauce to your taste.
You can add some crushed garlic, basil (it will last forever) or other spices.
Or just leave the tomato sauce as it is.
That's it, that's all you need to do.
The recipe * is very simple, but full of flavor.
Give it a try if you are again short on time and very hungry.
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