Tomato Sauce
OK, since this is going to be my first blog entry ever, I will also start with the very first recipe, which brought me into my cooking career and which serves as a joker, whenever there are children around: the amazing, original, simple tomato sauce.
Ingredients
- 900g fresh, ripe tomatos (blanched, for special cases) or 500g tomatos in conserve (the usual case)
- 75g butter
- 1 onion (peeled, cut in half)
- Salt
- 500g Pasta (Spaghetti, Penne or Rigatoni)
- Parmiginao Reggiano
- Put tomatos, butter, onion and salt in a pot and let it cook on slight flame for 45 minutes minimum until the fat is seperating. Sometimes you will have to stir a little bit.
- Throw away the onion and mix with pasta. Serve with Parmesan.
That's it. Truth is always simple. This is a homage to Marcella Hazan, the godmother of Italian cooking.
2 comments:
Could it be so simple? This is a joke, isn't it? No secret flavoring? No expensive ingredient, that you only get underhand at some unknown shop? -- Mamma Miracoli can close her business!
Jonas,
I had the same thoughts. Try it, taste it, like it. That's the simple truth -- I know you like it!
In my point of view, the amount of butter is a point to discuss about. I like a little bit more in it, let's say 100g. But obviously, this is dependend on the amount of fat, you need and I do not want to discuss this here ;-)
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