Basil-Onion Tomato Sauce

Name: Basil-Onion Tomato Sauce
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 15 min
Total time: 25 min
Yield: about 3 cups (700 ml)
Cuisine: Mediterranean
Ingredients: 1 (28-oz) can crushed (794 g) Tomato; 4 Tbsp (57 g) Butter; about ½ onion (75 g) Onion; 2 Tbsp (30 ml) Olive Oil; 1 tsp (6 g) Salt; 1/4 cup torn (10 g) Basil

Independent adaptation of a publicly published Massimo Bottura recipe. Not affiliated with, sponsored by, or endorsed by Massimo Bottura.

FINISHING SAUCE · PASTA & TORTELLINI

A finishing sauce for pasta & tortellini.

Massimo Bottura's tomato-butter finish for pasta.

On the jar

BASIL TOMATO

Method: stove
Yield: about 3 cups
Ingredients: 6

Stove sauce. Cook from the recipe

Ratio

Olive Oil 30 ml

Ingredients

Tomato1 (28-oz) can crushed (794 g)
Butter4 Tbsp (57 g)
Onionabout ½ onion (75 g)
Olive Oil2 Tbsp (30 ml)
Salt1 tsp (6 g)
Basil1/4 cup torn (10 g)

Method

This sauce is cooked on the stove. The jar is for storing it, not making it.
Cook ingredients gently according to the published technique, adapted here as pantry quantities only.
Finish off heat; adjust seasoning.

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Provenance

Chef of Michelin three-star Osteria Francescana in Modena. Reinterprets Emilia-Romagna classics; ranked among World's 50 Best Restaurants for multiple years.

Originally published as Bottura Tomato–Butter Finish.

Adapted from a recipe published by Massimo Bottura in Massimo Bottura pasta finishes.

FAQ

Can this go in a shake jar?

No. This one needs a blender or stove, so make it from this page. Jars only carry pour-and-shake sauces. Its companion jar is below.

What do the quantities mean?

This page lists the published recipe in household units (with metric in parentheses). On a jar, the printed lines, counts, and QR guide carry the jar-batch amounts. Follow the jar or this page, not a mix of both. Amounts in the jar’s ADD row are rounded to the nearest common spoon measure (T = tablespoon, t = teaspoon) so they can be read off the glass.

Where did this recipe come from?

Adapted from Massimo Bottura pasta finishes (published as “Bottura Tomato–Butter Finish”). Full citation lives in Provenance.

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