Tomato Sauce with Onion and Butter

• total time: 1 hour 45 minutes

Ingredients

2 pounds fresh, ripe tomatoes, blanched, peeled, and roughly chopped (or 2 cups canned imported Italian plum tomatoes, cut up, with their juice)

5 tablespoons butter

1 medium onion, peeled and cut in half

Kosher salt

Directions

Gather the ingredients.

Place tomatoes in a medium saucepan; add onion, and stir in butter and salt. Cook over medium-low, uncovered, stirring occasionally and mashing any large pieces of tomato using the back of a wooden spoon, until fat floats free from the tomatoes and is incorporated into the sauce as it slightly thickens, 1 hour to 1 hour and 10 minutes. Season with additional salt to taste. Remove and discard onion.

Nutrition

• Calories: 713 kcal
• Total Fat: 60 g
• Saturated Fat: 36 g
• Unsaturated Fat: 0 g
• Cholesterol: 153 mg
• Sodium: 1314 mg
• Total Carbohydrate: 45 g
• Dietary Fiber: 12 g
• Total Sugars: 28 g
• Protein: 10 g