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Marcella Hazan\'s Tomato Sauce With Onion & Butter

Ingredient Amount Calories
Onions 110g 44kcal
Tomatoes 907.184g 163kcal
Butter without salt 71g 509kcal

Recipe Instructions:

For the Sauce
2 pounds fresh, ripe tomatoes, prepared as described below, or 2 cups canned imported Italian tomatoes, cut up, with their juice
5 tablespoons butter
1 medium onion, peeled and cut in half
Salt to taste

Making Fresh Tomatoes Ready for Sauce
fresh, ripe plum tomatoes (or other varieties, if they are equally ripe and truly fruity, not watery)

Put either the prepared fresh tomatoes or the canned in a saucepan, add the butter, onion, and salt, and cook uncovered at a very slow, but steady simmer for about 45 minutes, or until it is thickened to your liking and the fat floats free from the tomato.
Stir from time to time, mashing up any large pieces of tomato with the back of a wooden spoon.
Taste and correct for salt. Before tossing with pasta, you may remove the onion (as Hazan recommended) and save for another use, but many opt to leave it in. Serve with freshly grated parmigiano-reggiano cheese for the table.
Making Fresh Tomatoes Ready for Sauce
The blanching method: Plunge the tomatoes in boiling water for a minute or less. Drain them and, as soon as they are cool enough to handle, skin them, and cut them into coarse pieces.
The freezing method (from David Tanis, via The Kitchn): Freeze tomatoes on a baking sheet until hard. Thaw again, either on the counter or under running water. Skin them and cut them into coarse pieces.
The food mill method: Wash the tomatoes in cold water, cut them lengthwise in half, and put them in a covered saucepan. Turn on the heat to medium and cook for 10 minutes. Set a food mill fitted with the disk with the largest holes over a bowl. Transfer the tomatoes with any of their juices to the mill and puree.

Nutrition Facts
Portion Size 181 g | ml
Amount Per Portion 119
500
kcal
kilojoules
% Daily Value *
Total Fat 9.9g 13%
Saturated Fat 9.6g 48%
Sodium 9.6mg 0%
Total Carbohydrate 7.6g 3%
Dietary Fiber 2.1g 8%
Sugar 4.8g
Protein 7.5g 15%
Vitamin D 0mcg 0%
Calcium 22mg 2%
Iron 0.4mg 2%
Potassium 388mg 8%
* The % Daily Value (DV) tells you how much a nutrient in a serving of food contribute to a daily diet. 2000 calories a day is used for general nutrition advice.
Vitamins
Nutrient Amount DV
Vitamin A 144.443 mcg 16%
Thiamin [B1] 0.065 mg 5%
Riboflavin [B2] 0.038 mg 3%
Niacin [B3] 0.924 mg 6%
Pantothenic acid [B5] 0.17 mg 3%
Vitamin B6 0.143 mg 8%
Cobalamin [B12] 0.02 mcg 0%
Floate [B9] 26.518 mcg 0%
Vitamin C 22.071 mg 25%
Vitamin D 0 mcg 0%
Vitamin E 1.095 mg 7%
Vitamin K 12.846 mcg 11%
Betaine 0.018 mg 0%
Choline 13.473 mg 2%
Carbohydrates
Nutrient Amount DV
Total carbohydrate 7.6 g 3%
Sugars 4.8 g 10%
Dietary fiber 2.1 g 8%
Carbohydrate 7.6 g 0%
Net carbs 2.8g
Aminoacids
Nutrient Amount DV
Alanine 0.048 g 0%
Arginine 0.054 g 0%
Aspartic acid 0.228 g 0%
Cysteine 0.015 g 0%
Glutamic acid 0.72 g 0%
Glycine 0.035 g 0%
Histidine 0.026 g 0%
Isoleucine 0.036 g 0%
Leucine 0.052 g 0%
Lysine 0.056 g 0%
Methionine 0.012 g 0%
Phenylalanine 0.05 g 0%
Proline 0.035 g 0%
Serine 0.049 g 0%
Threonine 0.049 g 0%
Tryptophan 0.013 g 0%
Tyrosine 0.029 g 0%
Valine 0.038 g 0%
Minerals
Nutrient Amount DV
Calcium 22.18 mg 2%
Copper 0.1 mg 11%
Fluoride 4.01 mcg 0%
Iron 0.45 mg 2%
Magnesium 18.7 mg 4%
Manganese 0.2 mg 9%
Phosphorus 44.44 mg 4%
Potassium 387.94 mg 8%
Selenium 0.21 mcg 0%
Sodium 9.59 mg 0%
Zinc 0.29 mg 3%
Other
Nutrient Amount DV
Water 161.132 g 0%
Ash 1.587 g 0%