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This Marcella Hazan Recipe is Still Our Most Popular Tomato Sauce, Ever

There are a few things I always have in my kitchen: a can of tomatoes, butter, an onion, some pasta. And I don’t think it’s a coincidence that those just so happen to be the exact ingredients needed to make a batch of one very special—and very simple—tomato sauce.

First published in her cookbook Essentials of Classic Italian Cooking over 30 years ago and featured in Kristen Miglore’s Genius column in 2016, Marcella Hazan's Tomato Sauce With Onion & Butter has won the hearts of countless home cooks and inspired nearly 600 reviews on our site.

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