Pan con tomate

Pan con tomate is a simple yet delicious tapa from Barcelona. Toasted bread, with fresh grated tomatoes, olive oil, and salt. Comfort food Barcelona Style!

Greeting from Barcelona! We’re halfway through our trip already and having a great time… As expected 🙂

Since it’s August, a lot of people are on vacation and the city is really empty. It’s also been insanely hot, so we’ve been spending a lot of time at our parents’ beach apartment, about 20 minutes outside Barcelona.

It’s so great being here, staying in the same place we spent all of our childhood summers! Having breakfast looking over the Mediterranean, going for walks on the beach… And going to Papi’s garden.

Growing up, our dad used to bring the most amazing fruits and veggies from his garden, especially during the summer. Super sweet tomatoes, giant watermelons, figs…

A few days ago we went over to see what kind of goodies we could pick. The kids had a blast and were super excited to eat what they picked for dinner. Wanna get your kids excited about eating fruits and veggies? Show them where they come from and get them involved!

We ended up bringing home lots of things, but the best, by far, were the tomatoes.

So sweet and juicy that we literally ate them off the vine, as if they were apples!!

One of our favorite things to make with fresh, juicy tomatoes, is pan con tomate. Such a simple dish, but incredibly delicious and satisfying. Here we eat it plain as an appetizer and also as part of tapas with all kinds of toppings.

Here’s how you can make your own, no measurements needed. The only secret, good tomatoes!!

Hope you enjoy it!!

Make sure to select good ripe and flavorful tomatoes to make pan con tomate.

Traditionally in Catalonia, they rub a cut tomato on a piece of toasted bread, our mom always grated the tomatoes to make pan con tomate, so we could get more tomate per slice of toasted bread.

Place the toasted bread a bowl of grated tomatoes, a bottle of good quality extra virgin olive oil and some salt.  Let each person build their own pan con tomate.

Always use good quality extra virgin olive oil when making pan con tomate, it makes a huge difference!

Spread freshly grated tomato on the toasted bread. If you are a garlic fan, peel and cut a clove of garlic in half and rub some of the garlic  on the toasted bread.

Frankly, pan con tomate is perfect as is, but you can also top it with:

• Manchego cheese
• Tortilla de patatas
• Roasted eggplant
• Assorted Olives
• Roasted mushrooms

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Pan con tomate

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• Author: https://mayihavethatrecipe.com
• Prep Time: 5 mins
• Cook Time: 10
• Total Time: 5 mins
• Yield: As much as you need
• Category: Appetizer
• Cuisine: Spain

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Description

Pan con tomate is a simple yet delicious tapa from Barcelona. Toasted bread, with fresh grated tomatoes, olive oil, and salt. Comfort food Barcelona Style!

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Ingredients

• Ciabbata, Baguette or Rustic Bread
• Ripe, flavorful tomatoes
• Extra Virgin Olive oil
• Salt
• See Note about amounts

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Instructions

1. Grate tomatoes in a large bowl
2. Season with salt. Toast the bread lightly, until golden brown.
3. Drizzle bread with olive oil
4. Spread tomato over the bread
5. Enjoy plain…
6. Or with your favorite topping. some of our favorites are tuna packed in olive oil, tortilla de patatas and Manchego cheese
7. ENJOY! from May I Have That Recipe

Notes

1. Use as much bread, tomatoes, olive oil and salt as you need and depending on how many people you have in your table
2. Pan con tomate is a very simple tapa from Spain, it is so delicious, that you should make more than you think you will need.
3. If you are a fresh garlic fan, peel and cut a clove of garlic in half and rub some of the garlic  on the toasted bread.

Nutrition

• Serving Size: 1/2 ciabbata bun
• Calories: 136
• Sugar: 3
• Sodium: 223
• Fat: 3.7
• Saturated Fat: .8
• Unsaturated Fat: 1.8
• Trans Fat: 0
• Carbohydrates: 22
• Fiber: 2
• Protein: 5.2
• Cholesterol: 0