Pasta and Simple Tomato Sauce

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Appears in Cook's Illustrated May/June 1997

We test the best method for making a quick, simple pasta sauce using only canned tomatoes, garlic, salt, olive oil, a dash of sugar, and basil.

SERVES Dresses 3/4 pound pasta; 3

TIME 50 minutes

WHY THIS RECIPE WORKS

Given that good fresh tomatoes are a rare commodity and that we wanted a tomato sauce recipe that home cooks could use year-round, we decided to use canned tomatoes. After conducting a number of tests, we determined the crucial ingredients ...

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