Pa amb Tomaquet (Bread with Rubbed Tomato)

Who hasn't bought a great bread and two days later it's soggy or it's hard as a rock? "Pan amb Tomaquet" is considered Catalonia's Natonal dish, and is one tasty solution to that old bread, as a matter of fact, that is always the solution to my problem and nothing goes to waste.

Ingredients:

Rustic Bread or old bread (toasted)

Ripe Tomatoes
Salt
Extra Virgin olive oil
Cold cuts of your choice. I highly recomend “fuet” or “Manchego Cheese” from

www.laespañolameats.com

Dry Salami will work as well.

Cut a ripe tomato sideways and rub it on the bread or rustic toast using its pulp. Add salt and drizzle extra virgin olive oil. They say the tradition started in order to moisten the dry bread from the day before. It is accompanied with cold cuts “jamón serrano,” “jamón ibérico” (looks like prociutto, just looks, different taste though), “fuet”, cheese, omelets and “longanizas."