Pasta Tuscan Style (Pasta alla Toscana)

Cook the coarsely chopped tomatoes for 30 minutes with half onion, 1 carrot, 1 celery stalk, a few leaves of basil and no other seasonings. Then strain the sauce through a food mill.

While cooking the pasta, flavor the sauce by blending it in a saute made with the other half onion, 3 tablespoons oil, salt and pepper.

Strain the pasta al dente and mix it with the sauce and a generous serving of Pecorino cheese.