Pan con Tomate
Pan con Tomate is our favorite breakfast and tapa in Spain, and we will never get sick of it! Toasted garlic bread topped with tomato, olive oil mixture and flakey salt; It's simply delicious!
Servings: 4
Calories: 212kcal
Cost: 5
Ingredients
- 1 loaf crusty baguette* cut into thick slices
- 4 medium Campari tomatoes* or 2 large vine tomatoes
- 1 Tablespoon + more for pan extra virgin olive oil*
- pinch flakey sea salt , (maldon or fleur de sel)
- 1 clove garlic
Instructions
- Grate Tomato flesh: Cut tomatoes in half and use the large holes of the box grater to grate the inside tomato flesh into a bowl (stop grating when you’re only left with the outer tomato skin).
- Season: Drizzle olive oil into the bowl with grated tomato. Add a pinch of salt. Set aside.
- Toast Bread: Heat a skillet over medium heat. Drizzle a little olive oil into the pan. Add bread slices and cook for a minute or two on both sides, until toasted. Remove to a plate.
- Assemble: Cut a large garlic clove in half and rub the raw garlic on top of the toasted bread. Spoon grated tomato mixture on top. Drizzle with a little more olive oil and salt, if desired. Serve immediatly.
- For a true Spanish breakfast, serve with a slice of Spanish omelette on the side.
Notes
Yield: 4 large slices, or 8 small slices. Serving Size: 1 large slice.
Bread: A good quality artisan bread is important. Day old bread works great, since the bread is toasted and topped with a wet tomato mixture that will get soaked up into the bread. If using a skinny baguette, this recipe will work for about 8 thick slices, or use 4 slices of wider artisan bread.
Tomato: Peñar or Azucar tomatoes are authentic. In the USA the closest substitute is campari tomatoes. Any good quality, ripe tomatoes will work!
Olive Oil: use a high quality extra virgen olive oil (Spanish olive oil if possible, like this one).
Add ham! Optionally, you could serve thinly sliced jamón iberico or serrano or even prosciutto on top. A fried egg, or fresh chopped parsley or basil would be delicious too.
Nutrition
Calories: 212kcal | Carbohydrates: 34g | Protein: 7g | Fat: 6g | Saturated Fat: 1g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 1g | Monounsaturated Fat: 3g | Sodium: 391mg | Potassium: 296mg | Fiber: 2g | Sugar: 5g | Vitamin A: 758IU | Vitamin C: 13mg | Calcium: 76mg | Iron: 2mg
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