Spanish-style Toast with Tomato

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Cuisine: Spanish/Portugese

Course: Appetizers

CSA entertaining summer tomato

Photo by Queezle_Sister

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aj12754

14 years ago

★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4/5

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Really lovely in its simplicity and seasonality. As simple as grating a ripe tomato over a piece of toasted bread rubbed with a clove of garlic then sprinkling with some sea salt. Really.

I just had it for a light snack, but it's also a perfect accompaniment to a soup or salad.

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Queezle_Sister · 14 years ago

This sounds like my kind of food - I live for home-grown tomatoes. Thanks for posting this. Did it really work to grate your tomato? The picture on line looked like a sauce or paste, is that what happened to yours? I think I will try this - my black krim tomatoes are just starting to ripen, and they deserve a recipe that truly showcases their flavor.

aj12754 · 14 years ago

It did really work .. I used a hand-held grater rather than a box grater, and the holes were pretty small (it's the grater I usually use for grating fresh parmesan), but it worked well. Probably a bit less messy to grate into a bowl first and then toss the skin and pour the pulp (which does come out with a sauce-like texture) over the bread ... but if you don't want to dirty an extra bowl, directly over the bread works fine too.

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Queezle_Sister

14 years ago

★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4/5

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Wonderfully simple and full of flavor!

I live for summer's home-grown tomatoes, and typically eat them in sandwiches with mayo. This variation - with a touch of garlic, olive oil, and grated tomato is a viable competitor with my old standby. I think the garlic touch really complements the tomato flavor, and grating the tomato (which produced a coarse and not-too-attractive goo) made it easy to eat. I will try this one again!