Quick Tomato Sauce

Name: Quick Tomato Sauce
Yield: Serves 4 to 6 (Makes 3 cups, enough for 1 pound of pasta)
Cuisine: Europe, Italian
Ingredients: 2 tablespoons, unsalted butter; 1/4 cup, grated onion; 1 teaspoon, minced fresh oregano or 1/4 teaspoon dried; 1/2 teaspoon, table salt; 2 , garlic cloves, minced; 1 , (28-ounce) can crushed tomatoes; 1/4 teaspoon, sugar; 2 tablespoons, chopped fresh basil; 1 tablespoon, extra virgin olive oil

Europe
Italian
Fruits & Vegetables
Vegetables
Quick
Sauces

Appears in Cook's Illustrated May/June 2009, America's Test Kitchen TV

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SERVES 4 to 6 (Makes 3 cups, enough for 1 pound of pasta)

TIME 30 minutes

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