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servingsEasy
By Fred Plotkin
Published 1989
This is the most basic sauce imaginable. You may use it to lend tomato flavor to other dishes or, if you have excellent tomatoes, to eat as a spaghetti sauce with a bit of grated cheese. Note that this sauce has no fats. An average portion contains about 35 calories.
If you are using fresh tomatoes, peel and remove their seeds as indicated. Pass the tomatoes through a sieve or strainer, or puree quickly in a blender. Add the salt and heat the tomatoes in a saucepan over a moderately high flame for 1 hour, stirring occasionally. The sauce should condense significantly. If you think it is too thin, add a bit of tomato p
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