If I am using fresh tomatoes, what's the best way to peel them?

You can peel fresh tomatoes by cutting a shallow X in the bottom of each tomato, plunging them into boiling water for one minute, scooping them out with a slotted spoon and then peeling with a paring knife when cool enough to handle.

Can I use already diced canned tomatoes for this recipe?

You can, but I think the whole canned tomatoes have a richer flavor. I "chop" them by putting them into the pot and snipping them into pieces with a kitchen scissors.

What's the onion for if it's not going with the sauce at the end of the recipe?

The onion cooks with the tomatoes and butter and releases just enough onion flavor during the cooking process. If you leave it in (which you can do - you be you!) your sauce will naturally have a little more onion flavor to it.

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The Best Tomato Sauce

The Best Tomato Sauce in the World!

Best tomato sauce in a jar with a wooden spoon.

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It’s hard to believe that the recipe for the best tomato sauce in the world has only three ingredients, but it’s true! Make it today and never go back!

Author: Kate Morgan Jackson
Prep Time: 10 minutes
Cook Time: 45 minutes
Total Time: 55 minutes
Yield: 4 servings 1x
Category: Dinner
Method: Stovetop
Cuisine: Italian
Diet: Vegetarian

Ingredients

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2 pounds fresh, ripe tomatoes, peeled and roughly chopped, or one 28 ounce can imported Italian tomatoes, cut up, with their juice
5 tablespoons butter
1 medium onion, peeled and cut in half
1/2 teaspoon salt

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Instructions

Put either the prepared fresh tomatoes or the canned in a saucepan, add the butter, onion, and salt, and cook uncovered at a very slow, but steady simmer for about 45 minutes. Stir from time to time, mashing up any large pieces of tomato with the back of a wooden spoon.
When it is done, scoop out the onion and discard (or better still, save it to eat or stir into soup!)
If you like your sauce smoother, whirl it with an immersion blender, or pour carefully into a regular blender and blend.
Taste and and add more salt as needed, and then toss with your favorite pasta. Throw out all other tomato sauce recipes.

Notes

Salt: Ok, that’s ingredient number 4, but it is totally optional, depending on how sweet you like your tomato sauce.

Tomatoes: I use canned tomatoes, but during fresh tomato season you can use fresh chopped tomatoes as well.

Onion: You want a nice big sweet onion for this sauce…they are sometimes called Vidalia or Walla Walla onions.

Find it online: https://www.framedcooks.com/best-tomato-sauce-in-world/