The Simplest Tomato Sauce Ever (marcella Hazan)

Total Time: 50 mins Preparation Time: 5 mins Cook Time: 45 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 2 cups canned plum tomatoes (whole, peeled, chopped, with their juices about one 28-oz. can)
• 5 tablespoons unsalted butter
• 1 medium yellow onion, peeled and cut in half
• salt, to taste

Recipe

• 1 combine the tomatoes, their juices, the butter, and the onion halves in a medium saucepan.
• 2 add a pinch or two of salt. place over medium heat and bring to a simmer. cook, uncovered, at a very slow but steady simmer, adjusting the heat as necessary, for about 45 minutes, or until droplets of fat float free from the tomato.
• 3 stir occasionally, mashing any large pieces of tomato with the back of a wooden spoon. taste and salt as needed.
• 4 discard the onion.