{"id":9806,"date":"2020-05-29T11:09:36","date_gmt":"2020-05-29T09:09:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/devourbarcelonafoodtours.com\/?p=9806"},"modified":"2022-02-25T19:06:21","modified_gmt":"2022-02-25T19:06:21","slug":"pa-amb-tomaquet-recipe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/dev.devourtours.com\/blog\/pa-amb-tomaquet-recipe\/","title":{"rendered":"Pa Amb Tom\u00e0quet Recipe (Catalan Tomato Bread)"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n
You’ll get served pa amb tom\u00e0quet <\/em>so often you might think someone is playing a joke on you. It’s eaten for breakfast, served as an appetizer at lunch or dinner, and plated up in Catalan homes throughout the country. In fact, it’s one of the most typical foods in Barcelona<\/a>!<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n For something so delicious, it’s surprisingly simple to make. Just take rustic toasted bread, raw garlic, fresh ripe tomatoes, olive oil, and salt and you have a delicious dish waiting to happen.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n And once you try it, you’ll never put butter on your bread again! <\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n Get our recipe for pan amb tom\u00e0quet <\/em>below.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n Has any dish better represented the Mediterranean diet than this? Bread, olive oil, tomatoes, and garlic… these are the roots of Catalan cuisine!<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n Most tapas bars will serve it pre-made, but some will just give you the ingredients. Prepare it yourself at the table by copying the locals around you! Accompany it with different cured meats (butifarra, <\/em>Spanish ham<\/a>, fuet<\/em>) or simple grilled vegetables (called escalivada<\/em>).<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n While tomatoes only came to Spain after the colonization of the Americas, pa amb tom\u00e0quet <\/em>was first documented in the 18th century. Catalan historians say it first came around during a plentiful tomato harvest! Rural townsfolk would rub them on dry, stale bread to soften it for eating. <\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<\/figure>\r\n\r\n\r\n
A Taste of the Mediterranean<\/h2>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n