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Learn how to make Marco’s famous tomato sauce, a recipe taught to him 20 years ago by the first Italian chef to win three Michelin stars, Gualtiero Marchesi.

Don’t overlook the simple ingredients (fresh and tinned tomatoes, thyme, a bay leaf, garlic, onions). Its unique method promises delicious flavour.

Timestamps:
0:45 – Grate the onion and garlic
01:18 – lightly fry in olive oil
02:45 – Add the herbs
03:00 – Add the fresh tomatoes
4:00 – Add tinned tomatoes
4:21 – form your cartouche and add
5:27 – place it in the oven
5:50 – Remove from the oven
5:57 – Work sauce through a strainer

Learn more from Marco in his BBC Maestro courses:

Delicious Food Cooked Simply – https://bbcm.co/45E2zhC
Delicious Vegetarian Cooking – https://bbcm.co/3RJIvVj

Explore our other cooking courses: https://bbcm.co/3L0kllW

32 Comments

  1. I have never seen anyone make a tomato sauce with cherry tomatoes before. This is eye opening.

  2. you know, i used to think people who spoke like this about stuff like cooking or art were just being pompous but i compared it to how i get when i talk about martial arts or comedy… its just passion!

  3. Marco trully is a Maestro of cooking. And now he also become the wise old sage of cooking world.
    The way he explain the details about cooking is almost like a philosphy.

  4. Marco doesn’t grate onions. We’ve seen him chop onions like a salad shooter. He’s throwing us a bone.

    Yes, grating onions works

  5. You're the epitome of the kind of mentor I always wished I could have, especially as a physicist. I would be so happy to be your student if I take cooking classes, because you would be talking like that, appreciating the intricacies of your craft and teaching it all to us. You, sir, are brilliant.

  6. Even if I lived for 1,000 years, I'd never get tired of this guy making literally any little thing sound profound.

  7. This is what he means by "perfection is lots of little things done right". This is just the tomato sauce and look at how much effort he has put into making it and it is only part of a recipe.

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