Spanish

Pa amb Tomaquet (Catalan Bread with Tomato)

Name: Pa amb Tomaquet (Catalan Bread with Tomato)
Total time: 5 min
Yield: 1 servings
Cuisine: Spanish
Ingredients: 2 slices rustic bread; 1 ripe tomato; 1 garlic clove; 2 tbsp extra virgin olive oil; 1 pinch salt

Javier @javier_v84

Pa amb Tomaquet (Catalan Bread with Tomato) is Spanish home cooking, eaten at breakfast and lunch. On the plate it is the dish at the centre and the carb everything else is eaten with. Below is what usually sits beside it, what it does and does not contain, and what else to cook once you have made it.

5 min Easy Heart healthy Diabetic friendly Low sodium Vegetarian Vegan Halal Dairy free Pescatarian

Ingredients

Serves

The quantities follow this count.

2 slices rustic bread
1 ripe tomato
1 garlic clove
2 tbsp extra virgin olive oil
1 pinch salt

How to cook it

Toast or lightly grill the bread slices until golden.
Halve the garlic clove and rub the cut side over the warm bread.
Halve the tomato and rub or grate the cut side over the bread until it soaks up the pulp, discarding the skin.
Drizzle generously with the olive oil and sprinkle with the salt.
Serve right away, the daily table habit across Catalonia at breakfast and alongside other meals alike.

Watch how to cook Pa amb Tomaquet (Catalan Bread with Tomato)

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Serve it with

A Spanish lunch is a plate rather than a single dish. These are the courses that normally sit beside Pa amb Tomaquet (Catalan Bread with Tomato), read from the same composition Dinejot builds a real meal from.

Something to sip
- Ajoblanco (Chilled Malaga Almond and Garlic Soup)
  
  20 min
The cooked vegetable
- Acelgas Rehogadas (Sauteed Chard with Garlic and Pimenton)
  
  25 min
Something cool and fresh
- Boquerones en Vinagre (Vinegar-Cured Anchovies)
  
  15 min

Safe at your table

Dinejot tracks ten allergens and tags every one of them by hand, so the absences below are as deliberate as the presences. Pa amb Tomaquet (Catalan Bread with Tomato) carries gluten. It is free of the remaining 9 allergens on that list.

Every tracked allergen in Pa amb Tomaquet (Catalan Bread with Tomato)
Allergen	In this dish	Cook this instead
Peanuts	No
Tree nuts	No
Dairy	No
Gluten	Yes	Alubias Blancas con Chorizo (White Beans with Chorizo)
Shellfish	No
Eggs	No
Soy	No
Fish	No
Sesame	No
Coconut	No

These tags are set by a person rather than inferred from an ingredient list, and they describe the recipe as written here. Read the labels on whatever you actually buy.

What it brings to the plate

Estimated, per serving

Calories: 260 kcal
Protein: 5 g
Carbs: 26 g
Fat: 15 g
Fiber: 3 g
Sugar: 4 g
Sodium: 230 mg
Saturated fat: 2 g

Estimated values. Actual nutrition varies with ingredients, brands, and how you cook.

When to cook it

Pa amb Tomaquet (Catalan Bread with Tomato) takes about 5 minutes from a cold stove to the table, and the cooking itself is easy going. It is eaten at breakfast and lunch. Nothing in the calendar rules it out, so it is a year round dish.