How to Make Marcella Hazan's Tomato Sauce DOING it NOW, GOT an onion!!!

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6. While you don't absolutely have to core and peel the tomatoes

you do need to check in a mirror after dinner to make sure you don't have a piece of peel stuck between your two front teeth.

I just learned and tried a better way of peeling and coring tomatoes a shockingly short time ago, and I've tested it and it works. You core the tomatoes, cut them in half crosswise, and squeeze out the seeds and slime, Then you take the tomato halves skin side up and use a grater to remove the flesh from the skin. It's an amazingly quick procedure and less cumbersome than that boiling water method with the whole tomatoes.

I wish I'd figgered this out years ago.

Any skin in the sauce will be tiny, too tiny to get stuck in your teeth and make dinner guests queasy every time you smile.