Pan con Tomate (Grilled Bread with Tomatoes)

Name: Pan con Tomate (Grilled Bread with Tomatoes)
Cook time: 22 min
Total time: 10 min
Yield: 1
Ingredients: 2 slices of best quality white bread, sliced 1cm thick; 1 garlic clove, cut in half; 2 medium, very ripe tomatoes (1 tomato per slice of bread) or 1 large Spanish heirloom tomato; flaky sea salt and freshly ground black pepper; Spanish extra virgin olive oil; slivers of jamón (Spanish cured ham) (optional)

Recipe by: Darina Allen

The first of the new season Valèncian tomatoes were piled up in the markets – pan con tomate is at its very best when tomatoes are super ripe and intensely flavoured at the end of summer.

Pan con Tomate (Grilled Bread with Tomatoes)

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Ingredients

2 slices of best quality white bread, sliced 1cm thick
1 garlic clove, cut in half
2 medium, very ripe tomatoes (1 tomato per slice of bread) or 1 large Spanish heirloom tomato
flaky sea salt and freshly ground black pepper
Spanish extra virgin olive oil
slivers of jamón (Spanish cured ham) (optional)