Name: Pan-cooked fresh tomato sauce
Total time: 25 min
Yield: 4
Ingredients: 2 large ripe tomatoes (about 600g total); 3 tbsp extra-virgin olive oil; 3 garlic cloves, thinly sliced; 1/2 tsp fine sea salt, plus more to taste; 1/4 tsp freshly ground black pepper; 1 pinch red pepper flakes (optional); 8 fresh basil leaves, torn; 1 tsp sugar (optional, only if tomatoes are very acidic)

Pan-cooked fresh tomato sauce on Olivette