THROW-THE-DIET-OUT-THE-WINDOW SAUCE

      Title: THROW-THE-DIET-OUT-THE-WINDOW SAUCE
  Categories: Seasonings, Italian, Sauces
       Yield: 1 Batch
  
      24    Italian plum tomatoes
     1/2 c  Unsalted butter
       1 lg Bunch fresh basil
            -- leaves only
            -- cut in strips
            Salt and pepper; to taste
  
   Cut tomatoes into chunks, skin and all.  Melt butter over medium
   heat. Add tomatoes and basil.  Cook only as long as it takes to boil
   water and cook fettucini.
   
   The editors wrote: "This sauce takes the prize for simplicity; and
   hey - there are worse things for you than a stick of butter. (Vicki
   also makes a cholesterol-free version with 2 tablespoons olive oil
   instead of butter.")
   
   Recipe from Vicki Smith Wadlow of The Plains, VA in "Great Spaghetti
   Sauce Cookoff" article in "The Herb Companion." Dec. 1992/Jan. 1993,
   Vol. 5, No. 2.  Pg. 78. Posted by Cathy Harned.
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