Spanish cuisine · Salads & Mezze

Pan con Tomate

Toasted bread with tomato, garlic and olive oil – Catalonia's simplest stroke of genius.

Ingredients · for 4 servings

• 8 slices of rustic white bread
• 4 very ripe tomatoes
• 2 garlic cloves
• 6 tbsp good olive oil
• Coarse sea salt

Instructions

1. Toast the slices of bread until golden brown.
2. While still warm, rub them with the cut side of a garlic clove.
3. Rub halved tomatoes firmly over the bread until only the skin is left.
4. Drizzle generously with olive oil and sprinkle with coarse salt.