Pan con tomate is Spain’s answer to effortless comfort food. With golden toasted bread, garlic-rubbed crusts and juicy, grated tomatoes, this rustic dish delivers maximum flavour with just a handful of ingredients. Perfect for slow mornings, casual entertaining or a quick bite, it’s proof that good food doesn’t need to be complicated.
Recipe and styling by Claire Ferrandi
Assisted by Nomvuselelo Mncube
Photograph by Dylan Swart
Spanish-style toast with tomato (pan con tomate)
Ingredients
- 1 baguette, sliced in half
- lengthways and each half sliced into 5 (10 pieces in total)
- olive oil, to drizzle
- 1 garlic clove, peeled and halved
- 2 large, ripe tomatoes
- salt and freshly ground black pepper, to taste
- basil leaves, to serve
Instructions
Preheat the oven to 190˚C. Place the 10 baguette slices on a roasting tray and drizzle with olive oil. Toast in the preheated oven, 10 minutes or until golden brown. Once the toast comes out of the oven, rub garlic over the sliced surface of the bread.
Place a grater over a plate and grate the tomatoes on the largest holes, discarding any big bits of skin. Season the tomato well. To serve, spread the tomato onto the toast and garnish with the basil leaves.
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