Step by step
Fry the garlic and tomato in a little olive oil, then add a little salt and sugar. Finally add the basil.
Tips
Ideally, a proper plate of Pasta alla Norma should be made with spaghetti: in fact, shorter pasta – such as tortiglioni – are fine as a substitute.
Trivia
The curious Italian name of this dish has its roots in the musical world and, more specifically, derives from the opera Norma by Vincenzo Bellini.