Spanish Tomato & Garlic Bread - cooking recipe

Ingredients

4 large tomatoes, roughly chopped
1/4 teaspoon sea salt
2 garlic cloves, minced
1/2 grated lemon, rind of (separate, not mixed together)
1/2 lemon, juice of (separate, not mixed together)
1 teaspoon light brown sugar
1 flat loaf ciabatta (or other similar style)
2 tablespoons good quality olive oil
fresh ground pepper

Preparation

Preheat oven to 400 F.
Place tomatoes, garlic, salt, lemon rind and brown sugar in a saucepan.
Cover and cook gently for 5 minutes, until the tomatoes have released their juices.
Split bread loaf in half horizontally, then cut each half into 3-4 pieces. Bake 5-8 minutes, until crisp and golden.
While the bread bakes, stir lemon juice and olive oil into the tomato mixture. Cook uncovered for 8 minutes more, until thick and pulpy.
Spread tomato mixture on top of the hot bread pieces, sprinkle with fresh ground pepper, and serve.