Stewed Tomato Sauce with Basil and Olive Oil

Name: Stewed Tomato Sauce with Basil and Olive Oil
Yield: Serves 9 (Makes about 3 cups)
Cuisine: Italian
Ingredients: 1 (28-ounce) can, tomatoes in puree, puree reserved, tomatoes seeded, then crushed; 1 , medium carrot, peeled and minced; 3 tablespoons, olive oil; 2 tablespoons, minced fresh basil leaf, or minced mint

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Appears in Cook's Illustrated March/April 1994

SERVES9 (Makes about 3 cups)

TIME1 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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