Homemade Tomato Basil Pasta Sauce

Ingredients

• 1 tablespoon butter 
• 1 tablespoon flour all-purpose
• 0.3 cup basil fresh chopped
• 1 clove garlic grated
• 1 teaspoon garlic salt 
• 4 servings salt and ground pepper black to taste
• 1 teaspoon olive oil 
• 8 small tomatoes diced
• 0.3 cup water 

Equipment

• frying pan

Directions

1. Melt the butter in a large skillet over medium heat; cook the tomatoes in the melted butter until they begin to fall apart, 5 to 7 minutes.
2. Add the basil, olive oil, garlic salt, salt, and pepper. Slowly stir the flour into the mixture and cook until it begins to thicken, 5 to 7 minutes. Stir the water through the mixture to break up any lumps of the flour.
3. Mix the garlic into the sauce and simmer another 5 minutes.
4. Serve hot.