Fresh Tomato Sauce

Name: Fresh Tomato Sauce
Yield: Serves 4 to 6 (Makes 4 cups, enough for 1 pound pasta)
Ingredients: 3 tablespoons, extra-virgin olive oil; 2 , garlic cloves, minced; 2 pounds, plum tomatoes, cored and cut into 1/2-inch pieces; 3/4 teaspoon, table salt; 1/2 teaspoon, black pepper; 1/2 teaspoon, sugar; 2 tablespoons, chopped fresh basil

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By Ashley Moore ･ Appears in Cook's Country August/September 2006

Long-cooked tomato sauce offers great depth, but we wanted a midsummer sauce with fresh-off-the-vine tomato flavor.

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

TIME 25 minutes

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