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Put up to boil plenty of lightly salted water.
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Now you have 2 choices: the simplified way of making the sauce or the real way.
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simplifid way: dice your tomatoes.
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more complicated: wait until the water boils then boil the tomatoes for 20 seconds.
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Let them cool down and then take off the skins.
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dice.
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In a pan with a bit of olive oil, start cooking your tomatoes with the basil ( with a bit of salt (a pinch really) and a bit of water, (about a quarter cup so that it doesn't dry out) on med heat.
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after about a minute cover and put on low heat.
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when the water boils, add the pasta.
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NEVER trust the cooking times, if it says 10 minutes, after 6 minutes check to see at what point it is.
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As someone who cooks pasta almost every day, after a while you develop mouthfeel and can determine more or less how much time is left.
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The sauce should be cooked through by the time the pasta is ready.
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If it is dried out, add some water from the pasta.
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It shouldn't be too liquid.
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drain the pasta when it is still a bit too al dente but almost done.
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Never was the pasta, the sauce needs the starch.
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Add the pasta to the sauce and cook for another minute or too.
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Buon appetito!
