Naked Tomato Sauce

Ingredients

• 3 pounds plum tomatoes
• 3/4 teaspoon coarse salt
• 1 clove garlic thinly sliced
• 1 pinch red pepper flakes
• 1 handful basil leaves most left whole, a few slivered for garnish, optional
• 1/4 cup olive oil
• 12 ounces spaghetti dried
• 1 tablespoon unsalted butter or maybe two if nobody is looking

Nutrition

• Calories : 520 calories
• Carbohydrate : 78 grams
• Cholesterol : 10 milligrams
• Fat : 18 grams
• Fiber : 6 grams
• Protein : 15 grams
• SaturatedFat : 3.5 grams
• Sodium : 470 milligrams
• Sugar : 13 grams