Chapter III · The Small Compound Sauces · No. 51
51—Provençale Sauce
Peel, remove the seeds, press and concass twelve medium tomatoes. Heat in a sauté-pan one-fifth pint of oil, until it begins to smoke a little; insert the tomatoes seasoned with pepper and salt; add a crushed garlic clove, a pinch of powdered sugar, one teaspoonful of chopped parsley, and allow to melt gently for half an hour. In reality, true Provençale is nothing but a fine fondue of tomatoes with garlic.
Escoffier, A. (1907). A Guide to Modern Cookery, No. 51, p. 31. London: William Heinemann. Translation of Le Guide Culinaire (1903).
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