Spanish cuisine · Breakfast & Eggs

Toast with Oil and Garlic

Rustic bread slices toasted until crisp, rubbed hot with raw garlic and soaked in olive oil.

Ingredients · for 2 servings

• 4 slices rustic white bread
• 3 garlic cloves
• 5 tbsp olive oil
• 1 tsp coarse sea salt
• 1 tsp sweet paprika
• 1/2 bunch flat-leaf parsley

Instructions

1. Cut the rustic bread into slices about 1.5 cm thick – thinner turns hard, thicker leaves the center moist.
2. Toast the slices in a dry grill pan or toaster over high heat for 2 min. per side, until firm outside with dark-striped edges.
3. Halve the garlic cloves and rub the cut side firmly over the still-hot slices; the hotter the bread, the more aroma it absorbs.
4. Drizzle each slice slowly with olive oil and let the bread sit for 1 min. so the oil soaks in to the center.
5. Sprinkle with coarse sea salt, dust lightly with paprika and scatter the finely chopped parsley on top.
6. Serve immediately while warm, while the crust still crackles and the garlic smells fresh.