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  • 20 MINUTE BUTTER AND ONION TOMATO SAUCE

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    20 MINUTE BUTTER AND ONION TOMATO SAUCE
    Prep: 5 min Cook: 20 min Servings: 4
    by For the Love of Italian Cooking
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    If you have ever made Marcella Hazan’s glorious butter and onion tomato sauce, then you know that it can take a bit of time to make (even though it is considered to be the simplest of her sauce recipes). It tastes phenomenal, but I would rather save it for a Sunday dinner. Here is a ‘weeknight version‘ that’s ready in half the time of the original recipe. The sauce is cooked at a higher temperature but the butter and onion flavours still shine through.

    Ingredients

    • 2 cups (500 ml) plain pureed tomato sauce
    • 5 tbsp (70 g) unsalted butter
    • 1 medium onion, peeled and cut in half
    • 1 or 2 handfuls Italian grated cheese (Parmesan, Grana Padano, or Romano)
    • 1 lb (450-500 g) Bavette pasta (or other long pasta)

    Directions

    1. Heat the ingredients in a small or medium covered saucepan, over high heat. When the sauce starts to boil, slightly reduce heat to medium-high and leave the lid ajar. Continue cooking for another 15-20 minutes. In the meantime, bring a large pot of salted water to a boil and cook the pasta according to package instructions. Discard the onion from the sauce and toss with well drained pasta. Sprinkle a couple of handfuls of your choice of grated Italian cheese and serve.

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