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Pan con Tomate

Prep Time10 minutes
Cook Time6 minutes
Total Time16 minutes
Course: Appetizer
Cuisine: Spanish
Servings: 1 Loaf

Ingredients

  • 1 white French baguette or other crusty bread
  • 2 large ripe tomatoes such as beef steak or heirloom
  • 2 medium cloves garlic peeled and cut in half
  • good quality olive oil for drizzling
  • coarse sea salt such as Maldon or Fleur de sel

Instructions

  • Set oven rack to about 4" below the broiler element. Preheat broiler.
  • Cut tomato in half horizontally. Stand a box grater in a large, low sided bowl. Rub the cut side of the tomato over the largest holes of the grater. Continue until all the pulp has been rubbed of and you are left with the tomato skin in your hand. Discard skins and reserve pulp.
  • Slice the baguette about 1" thick. Lay slices out on a baking sheet.
  • Broil bread 2-3 minutes until surface is golden brown. Turn bread over and repeat on the other side. Watch carefully so bread does not get too brown or burn.
  • Remove bread from the oven and rub the cut garlic over one side of each piece. Spoon tomato pulp evenly over each piece. Drizzle a bit of olive oil over each piece and top with a pinch of sea salt.
  • Serve warm.