Tomato Rubbed Crostini (Catalan Bread)
Tomato-rubbed crostini (Catalan bread) is a really easy and very flavorful way to make a crostini. In this recipe, the bread is charred and then brushed with olive oil before rubbing tomato and garlic over the top. It is so easy to make and so delicious.
Servings: 8 slices
Ingredients
- 1 loaf of good baguette or ciabatta bread
- 2 garlic cloves
- 1 ripe tomato cut in half
- olive oil for topping bread about ¼ cup
- kosher salt to taste
Instructions
- Pre heat your broiler to high
- Next slice up your baguette or ciabatta into ½ inch slices.1 loaf of good baguette or ciabatta bread
- Place the sliced bread on a large sheet pan.
- Drizzle or brush your olive oil on to the tops of the bread.olive oil for topping bread
- Place under the broiler until the tops start to turn a golden brown.
- Remove the sheet pan from the under the broiler and flip the bread over to toast the other side.
- Once the second side turns a nice golden color remove the bread from the oven and place your hot sheet pan on a protected surface.
- Flip the toasted crostini back over with the olive oil side facing up.
- Take your clove of garlic and begin rubbing the garlic back and forth on each piece of bread while the bread is hot to release the garlic flavor.2 garlic cloves
- Next, take your ½ of your tomato and begin rubbing that on the tops of the bread in the same fashion as the garlic, again to release the tomato flavor on to the bread.1 ripe tomato cut in half
- Sprinkle lightly with salt.kosher salt to taste
- Serve immediately.
Nutrition
Calories: 133kcal | Carbohydrates: 27g | Protein: 5g | Fat: 1g | Saturated Fat: 1g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 1g | Monounsaturated Fat: 1g | Sodium: 277mg | Potassium: 39mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 1g | Vitamin A: 128IU | Vitamin C: 2mg | Calcium: 3mg | Iron: 1mg
Nutrition Values are estimates only.
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