Name: Simple Butter and Tomato Sauce (Sugo al Burro e Pomodoro)
Total time: 1 h
Yield: Serves 4 People
Cuisine: Italy
Ingredients: 2 pounds fresh, ripe tomatoes, peeled, and coarsely chopped; 1 medium yellow onion peeled and cut in half; 3 cups canned whole peeled tomatoes with their juice, roughly chopped or; 6 tablespoons butter; Salt

Preparation info

Serves
4
People

Difficulty
Easy
Ready in
1 hr

Appears in

The Classic Pasta Cookbook

By Giuliano Hazan

Published 1993

About

This is probably the simplest of all pasta sauces and would evoke many an Italian’s childhood memories. If you want a pure tomato sauce it has no equal.

Ingredients

3 cups canned whole peeled tomatoes with their juice, roughly chopped or
2 pounds fresh, ripe tomatoes, peeled, and

Method

Put all the ingredients in a 4-quart saucepan and place over low heat. Simmer until all the liquid has evaporated, the sauce has reduced, and the butter has separated from the tomatoes, 45 minutes to an hour, depending on the size of the pot.
Serve this sauce with spaghet