SUMMARY
This
traditional Spanish snack couldn’t be easier to make. Aside from good
toasted bread, it requires very few ingredients: a garlic clove, a ripe
tomato, some olive oil and flaky sea salt. In fact, the ingredient list
is actually the recipe in shorthand. If you want a slightly more
elaborate toast, garnish with anchovy fillets, slices of avocado or
grilled shrimp. But even in its simplest form, this rustic toast is
always satisfying.
- TOTAL TIME
Ingredients
- 2 slices of bread from a plain rustic loaf, about 1/2-inch thick
- 1 garlic clove, peeled
- 1 small ripe red tomato, halved, seeds squeezed out
- 1 tablespoon extra-virgin olive oil
- Flaky sea salt or fleur de sel
Preparation
- 1.
- Toast the bread on both sides under the broiler, on a stovetop grill or over coals, until it is perfectly browned, with a bit of give in the center, about 1 minute per side.
- 2.
- Pressing down firmly, rub the top of each toast with the garlic. Press the tomato, cut side down, against the toast. Rub to moisten the toast and give it a juicy red color.
- 3.
- Drizzle with olive oil and finish with a tiny sprinkle of sea salt. Serve immediately.
What do you mean, "serve immediately"?? You mean you actually give this deliciousness away to other people? Not me... I'd have to change the recipe to "eat immediately"... HA! 8-)
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