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This recipe is featured in the story, A Love Letter to Marcella Hazan’s *Other* Tomato Sauces, sponsored by Lagostina. A companion to Marcella Hazan’s famous Tomato Sauce with Onion and Butter, this sauce is richer and jammier than its celebrity friend, with more complex, layered flavors and only a tiny bit more effort required. I like to dice the onion, carrot, and celery quite fine (it gives you a smoother sauce) but if you prefer a more rustic version feel free to chop them roughly. This sauce can be used for so many things—to make tomato rice, to serve over shrimp with feta and olives, to flavor a soup, the list is really endless—but it's perfect over pasta. Marcella recommends 1 to 1 1/2 pounds of pasta for the amount of sauce this recipe makes. Marcella says: This is a denser, darker sauce than Tomato Sauce with Onion and Butter or Tomato Sauce with Olive Oil and Chopped Vegetables, cooked longer over a base of sautéed vegetables. Most factory-made pasta will carry this sauce well, in particular substantial shapes such as rigatoni, ridged penne, or bucatini. Recipe adapted ever so slightly from Essentials of Classic Italian Cooking by Marcella Hazan.