Making Tomato Sauce with Onion and Butter | Marcella Hazan | American Masters | PBS

butter

🥗Healthier: olive oil

💰Cheaper: margarine

Olive oil offers a healthier fat option.

parmesan cheese

🥗Healthier: nutritional yeast

💰Cheaper: grated pecorino

Nutritional yeast adds a cheesy flavor without dairy.

Cut the onion in half.

Add the canned tomatoes to a pot.

Add the halved onion to the pot with the tomatoes.

Add about 5 tablespoons of butter and a little bit of salt to the pot.

Turn on the heat to warm the tomato mixture.

Let it simmer on a lowish temperature for about 45 minutes, stirring occasionally with a whisk to mush up the tomatoes.

After 45 minutes, remove the onion from the sauce.

Add cooked pasta to the sauce.

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