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Anyone can make this and everyone will enjoy it #recipe #cooking

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  1. surprised there wasn’t unicorn oil or dragon horde embryo garlic or kraken flakes or some other completely inaccessible ingredient. maybe that’s what you meant by low iq cooking. omg am i a low iq cook?!

  2. The beauty of Marcella Hazan's tomato sauce, and the whole point of it, is its total simplicity. She just uses canned Marzano or fresh ripe tomatoes, 1 onion (which you remove at the end and use for something else), unsalted butter and salt. THAT'S IT! No guanciale, lemon zest, olive oil, basil, extra water or chunks of parmesan (though you can grate some on top to serve, if you like). Associating this quite different recipe with Marcella's famous sauce demonstrates the low culinary IQ which Ms Larkin is trying to appeal to. Marcella was such a purist, she would be upset, if she were still with us, that this mash-up attempts to bask in her glory. And Ms Larkin forgot to remove the pieces of lemon zest. If you process these in the sauce, you'll end up with an unpleasant flavour and bits of peel in your teeth. Go to Marcella's divine original recipe, and discover its perfection!

  3. No worrying about the cooking pots👍
    Have you any idea how much the oil and pasta (and Guanciale) costs in UK? Marcella Hazan is very reliable. Lucky kids.

  4. I tried it. It was horrible. Tasteless. Awful. I’ll stick with my Roman grandfather’s sauce. Even easier and always delicious.

  5. I have a very very picky eater and when I tell you, he will take this DOWN. I sneak in a carrot because I’m desperate for him to get some nutrition.

  6. Just a tip: it's best to add the basil only at the end of cooking; add it fresh directly to the blender! Cooking basil makes it lose all its aroma, which is a shame!

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