Stewed Tomato Sauce with Basil and Olive Oil

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Appears in Cook's Illustrated March/April 1994

These four sauces made from canned tomatoes are easy, cook quickly, and showcase the flavors of the basic ingredients.

SERVES 9 (Makes about 3 cups)

TIME 1 hour

WHY THIS RECIPE WORKS

For some simple tomato sauce recipes based on just three ingredients (tomatoes, olive oil or butter, and salt), we found the following techniques essential: First, we removed the excess seeds, which are bitter and have an unappealing textur...

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