This month we asked what is pa amb tomàquet? It is “is a celebrated Catalan snack. So celebrated, indeed, that it has its own literature, for example, Pomés (1985), Graves (2000), and Fàbrega (2001).” pa amb tomàquet is bread with tomato. The source provides the following recipe:
A slice of bread (which may be toasted) is rubbed with garlic, irrigated with olive oil, and seasoned with salt. Sugar may be used if the oil is especially acid, or if the slice is destined for a child. Thereafter, for the full pa amb tomàquet a tomato is rubbed over the slice. The order in which these ingredients are applied varies according to taste, most commonly garlic and tomato come first. It may be consumed on its own, or with any number of savoury (and sometimes even sweet, if a child is the consumer) accompaniments. The preferred tomato in Majorca is a vine tomato (tomàtiga de penjar or hanging tomatoes) often the variety tomàtiga de ramellet: hanging in the storehouse, it keeps well and is less sweet than many.
The article all of this was pulled from is: Jaine, T. (2014). pa amb tomàquet. In The Oxford Companion to Food. : Oxford University Press.
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