A new favorite after a recent trip to Barcelona.
Traditionally, you would be served bread, tomatoes, and garlic at the table and you would proceed to make your own tomato bread by simply rubbing your sliver of garlic and your tomato directly over the bread and eating it. This recipe presents an alternative – the tomato bread already assembled.
Ingredients
- 1 loaf ciabatta bread, or similar hearty bread
- 3 tomatoes, large and very ripe tomatoes are best
- Olive oil
- 1 to 2 garlic cloves, sliced in half
- Sea salt or kosher salt
- Splash of fresh lime juice (optional)
Directions
- Turn on the broiler and position a rack about 6 inches away from the heat source.
- Slice the bread loaf in half length-wise then in 2-inch slices.
- Brush the bread generously with extra virgin olive oil and arrange on a sheet pan.
- Toast in the heated oven about 6 inches from the broiler for 3 minutes or until the bread is lightly golden brown.
- Slice a small part at the very tip of the tomatoes and grate the tomatoes over the large holes of a box grater.
- Discard the peels.
- Season the tomato puree with salt and a splash of lime juice, if you like.
- When the bread is ready, rub the garlic cloves over the hot bread, then spread the grated tomatoes over the bread. Serve.
