This recipe is meant for summer, when tomatoes are in season and in abundance! These tomato toasts are made with only a few simple ingredients but are one of the most delicious appetizers you'll ever try!
Pan con Tomate (also called Pa amb Tomàquet) is a Spanish tapas dish. As I'm sure you've figured out, the name translates to "bread with tomato" and that's exactly what they are!
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The key to making these simple toasts extra delicious, is making sure you have the best ingredients. You'll need fresh, crusty bread, the ripest tomatoes, good quality olive oil, garlic, and flaky sea salt. Like I said, it's only a few simple ingredients, but once they come together—it's magic!
There are two ways to make the toasts. The first way is by grating the tomatoes into a bowl and spooning them over the bread. The second is to grate the tomatoes directly onto your grilled bread! With the first technique, you'll get more tomato but the second is more traditional. I can never decide which technique I prefer, so I always do both! Serving the pre-grated tomatoes in a bowl, AND a few cut tomatoes together makes it so people can try both ways and see what they like best.
Traditionally, it's just bread, tomato, olive oil and salt, but I like to garnish the toasts with some fresh basil and oregano. Hey, it's summer, I'm taking full advantage of the garden!
Sometimes I like to serve the bread with some Spanish cheeses and jamón, in keeping with the Spanish theme. If you can't find Spanish jamón, prosciutto will be just fine!
Serve these toasts as an appetizer or light meal. I can say one thing for sure, they taste best when eaten outside on a summer day!
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Pan con Tomate
Ingredients
For the Pan con Tomate
- 6-8 Slices crusty bread
- 2 Cloves garlic
- 4 Large, ripe tomatoes
- Olive oil
- Flaky sea salt such as Maldon
For Serving (optional)
- Fresh basil
- Fresh oregano
- Spanish cheese such as Manchego
- Jamón or prosciutto
Instructions
- Using the largest holes of a box grater, grate two of the tomatoes into a bowl. Over the sink, pour the grated tomatoes through a sieve to drain the excess water. Transfer the tomatoes back to the bowl and season with salt and pepper. Cut the remaining two tomatoes in half.
- Grill or toast the bread until lightly charred. Peel the garlic cloves and cut the woody ends off. Rub each piece of bread with the cut side of the garlic cloves.
- Serve the bread with the cut tomatoes, the grated tomato, olive oil and flaky sea salt.
- For the first technique, spoon the grated tomato over the bread followed by a drizzle of olive oil and a pinch of flaky sea salt.
- For the second technique, rub one of the cut tomatoes directly onto the grilled bread, followed by the olive oil and salt.
- Garnish with basil and oregano if you want, see which technique you like best, and enjoy!
These pan con tomatoe looks absolutely amazing. The pan con looks perfectly crisp!
Thank you! So simple but so delicious!