Best Pa Amb Tomaquet Tomato Toast Recipes

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PA AMB TOMAQUET (TOMATO TOAST)



Pa Amb Tomaquet (Tomato Toast) image

From "Zingerman's Guide to Good Eating" (a cookbook I HIGHLY recommend), this is an absolutely delicious Catalan garlic toast soaked with tomato juices and drizzled with olive oil and sea salt! It can be topped with chopped olives, capers, anchovies or serrano ham and is incredibly wonderful when the bread is grilled and a good olive oil is used. And, this is a good way to use up fresh tomatoes that are getting a little past their prime.

Provided by EdsGirlAngie

Categories     Vegetable

Time 10m

Yield 2-4 serving(s)

Number Of Ingredients 5

4 slices thick good crusty Italian bread or 4 slices French bread
1 tomatoes, halved
1 clove garlic, halved
olive oil, to taste
sea salt

Steps:

  • Grill or toast bread slices.
  • Rub grilled bread with garlic halves, then rub tomato halves into bread; really mash them on there- the idea here is to soak the bread tops with the tomato juices.
  • Discard tomatoes.
  • Drizzle bread with good olive oil to taste, then sprinkle with some sea salt.
  • Serve hot.
  • Now you're in heaven!

CATALAN TOMATO BREAD



Catalan Tomato Bread image

Categories     Bread     Garlic     Tomato     Appetizer     Bake     Vegetarian     Quick & Easy     Summer     Grill     Grill/Barbecue     Gourmet     Sugar Conscious     Kidney Friendly     Vegan     Pescatarian     Dairy Free     Peanut Free     Tree Nut Free     Soy Free     Kosher

Yield Makes about 10 large toasts

Number Of Ingredients 5

1 (8-inch) sourdough round or a 20-inch-long sourdough baguette
2 large garlic cloves, halved crosswise
3 to 4 ripe small tomatoes, halved crosswise
3 to 4 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil
Coarse salt to taste

Steps:

  • Prepare grill for cooking. If using a charcoal grill, open vents on bottom of grill, then light charcoal. Charcoal fire is medium-hot when you can hold your hand 5 inches above rack for 3 to 4 seconds. If using a gas grill, preheat burners on high, covered, 10 minutes, then reduce heat to moderate.
  • Cut bread into 3/4-inch-thick slices (cut baguette on a long diagonal for 6-inch-long slices).
  • Working in batches of 3 or 4 slices, grill bread on lightly oiled grill rack, covered only if using a gas grill, turning over once, until grill marks appear, 1 to 2 minutes total per batch. Remove bread from heat and immediately rub 1 side of each slice with cut side of a garlic half, then rub with cut side of a tomato half, using 1 tomato half for 1 to 2 slices of bread and allowing most of pulp to be absorbed by bread (discard remainder of garlic and tomato halves). Brush bread with oil, then sprinkle with salt and serve immediately.

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