Les pommes d’amour à la marseillaise

• 4 large ripe tomatoes, cut in half crosswise
• 4 tablespoons olive oil
• 4 tablespoons

Heat the olive oil in a large thick-bottomed frying pan. Place the tomato halves, cut sides down, in the pan; cover the pan and cook over a medium heat for 30 minutes. Remove from the heat; turn the tomatoes cut sides up; sprinkle each with a mixture of finely chopped parsley and garlic; then a little sugar and salt, and continue to cook, covered, for 20 minutes more.

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