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tomato sauce with onion and butter
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tomato sauce with onion and butter

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tomato sauce with onion and butter

I could no longer resist this sauce, and frankly, I don’t know why I even tried to: food bloggers obsess over it, and they’re not a bad lot to base a recipe selection upon. Adam of Amateur Gourmet . Molly at Orangette , with a bonus approval marking from . Then , and Rachel, you see, she lives in Rome right now — I want to be in Rome right now — Rome, where you can get authentic, perfect tomato sauce a zillion places every single day. And yet she stayed in and made this one. That sealed the deal.

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Estimated Nutrition (whole recipe, rough)

168
Calories
2g
Protein
12g
Fat
15g
Carbs
What these numbers assume — 4 portions →
Ingredient Portion assumed kcal
Butter 1 tbsp (14g) 102
Onion 1 medium (110g) 44
Tomato 1 medium (123g) 22
Salt 1 tsp (6g) 0

Totals for the whole recipe, adding one typical portion per ingredient — listed above. Quantities in the recipe are not counted, so this is a rough guide only — not suitable for medical or dietary planning.

Ingredients

  • 28 ounces (800 grams) whole peeled tomatoes from a can (San Marzano, if you can find them)*
  • 5 tablespoons (70 grams) unsalted butter
  • 1 medium-sized yellow onion, peeled and halved
  • Salt to taste

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By smittenkitchen · Recipe sourced from openrecipes

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