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The bruschetta recipe from Catalunya

The Catalan bruschetta recipe we call pa amb tomaquet, literally bread with tomato, is our national comfort food. Quick, easy and practical, it can help you out in many occasions.


	Pa amb tomaquet, Catalan bruschetta

The Catalan bruschetta recipe is very versatile and it is suitable as an appetizer, a breakfast sandwich, a quick lunch or dinner, a salad accompaniment and much more.

It can be a delicious element of a festive communal meal, barbecue, beach party, picnic, food finger, and vegetarian snack. Moreover, as a Mediterranean diet bread dressing, it is lighter than butter.

A cruet full of olive oil, fresh country-style bread, very ripe tomatoes and some salt are the basic ingredients. You can eat pa amb tomaquet plain as I often do. However, the toppings, fillings or accompaniments are only limited by your taste and imagination.

From the popular Catalan bruschetta recipe topped with prosciutto-style ham to a slice of pa amb tomaquet eaten with a chocolate bar as an after-school treat, you can top it with anchovies, sausage, cheese, tuna fish, a plain omelet, loin and shredded chicken.

Alternatively, you can eat pa amb tomaquet with olives, garlic, crushed figs, capers, dates, olive paste or even wine grapes in the summer.

Ingredients for the basic bruschetta recipe

Serves 2 as an appetizer.
Serves up to 4 guests as a snack or other occasions.

Italian or French country-style bread – in thick slices
Extra virgin olive oil
Medium-sized ripe juicy tomatoes
Salt

Basic bruschetta recipe preparation instructions

Cooking time: 0 minutes.
Preparation time: 15 minutes.

Cut 4 thick slices of bread and toast both sides of the slices in a toaster, under a broiler, or grill them on a barbecue.

When you can, slowly toast the slices of bread over hot wood-embers. The taste of the toasts using this traditional method is unmatched.

Place the toasts on a platter without stacking them. Cut a tomato in half crosswise. Cup a tomato half in your hand and rub the cut side of the tomato on the toasts. First you do one side, turn the toast over, and rub the tomato on the other side of the toast. Rub all toasts with the tomato halves.

Don't worry when tomato seeds and a little bit of flesh stick to the bread, it's a part of the Catalan bruschetta recipe.

With an olive oil cruet or dispenser, if you have one, drizzle olive oil on both sides of the slices liberally. Finally, sprinkle some salt over the slices of bread to taste. The basic Catalan recipe for bruschetta is ready.

The next step is to top this special bruschetta with ham, anchovies or any of my suggestions above.

Buying ingredients and kitchen tools for pa amb tomaquet

You can now buy online the superb arbequina olive oil from the comfort of your own home. Arbequina olive oil is the best for the Catalan bruschetta. It is the traditional olive oil we have always used for pa amb tomaquet, and more importantly, it is light and fruity. On the landing page, scroll to the second row of bottles to find authentic Catalan arbequina olive oil.

If you want the best European-style ham, tienda.com imports a naturally cured serrano ham from Andalusia, a region in the South of Spain famous for high quality ham. This ham is delicious and just perfect for pa amb tomaquet.

Generally, when drizzling olive oil directly from the bottle you end up using more olive oil than you intended to. If you like the Mediterranean diet an olive oil dispenser is very useful not only for the Catalan bruschetta recipe, but for salad dressings, aioli, and much more.

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