How to Make Pan Con Tomate

Serves: 4

Preparation time: 15 mins

Cooking time: 2 mins

Ingredients needed to make Pan Con Tomate:

• One 12’’ baguette, sliced into fourths
• 1 large garlic clove, peeled and halved
• 1 serrano chile pepper
• 1 large ripe tomato
• ¼ cup olive oil
• Sea salt to taste

Cooking instructions for Pan Con Tomate:

• Place a rack about 6’’ below the heating coil in a broiler and warm it up for about 10 minutes to high.
• Chop off the stem of the tomato and grate the pulpy side into a bowl; throw away the residual skin.
• Grate the Serrano pepper similarly and place it into the same bowl with tomatoes.
• Toss them together until well combined and keep it aside.
• Divide each baguette slice crosswise into two equal halves and paint their crusty sides with a lashing of olive oil.
• Place them in the broiler and toast them for a minute or so.
• Take them out of the broiler and rub the garlic halves onto them while they are still warm.
• Spread the tomato mixture over the toasted bread pieces and drizzle rest of the oil over them.
• Season with a dash of salt and serve right away.

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