Pasta con salsa di pomodoro

Pasta with tomato sauce

This is such a simple sauce, but so tasty!!!!!

Ingredients:

1 lb. pasta preferably a short type
1/2 cup finely chopped onion
1 - 29 oz. can of plum tomatoes
2 Tbsp. extra virgin olive oil
1 tsp. unsalted butter
a good pinch of sugar


Instructions:

1. Heat up the oil in a skillet and then add the onion. Cook it for about 10 min. or until the onions are soft. Add few spoons of water it it gets dry.
2. Drain the excess liquid from the tomatoes, chop them and add them to the onions. Simmer uncovered for about 30 minutes. Add a good pinch of sugar to eliminate the acid from the tomatoes and salt to taste.
3. Then add 1/2 cup of the excess tomato juice, cover and cook for another 10 minutes.
4. Pass the sauce through a vegetable ricer or blend it in a food processor.
5. Pour it back in the sauce pan and for the last touch add 1 tsp. unsalted butter and cook it for another minute or two (If you like basil try adding a few fresh leaves).
6. The sauce is now ready for the pasta.


Notes:

I add the butter to make the sauce sweeter. The real sauce shouldn't have it but almost everybody adds it. The Northern touch!!!

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