Spanish Tomato & Garlic Bread

Total Time: 21 mins Preparation Time: 5 mins Cook Time: 16 mins

Ingredients

• 4 large tomatoes, roughly chopped
• 1/4 teaspoon sea salt
• 2 garlic cloves, minced
• 1/2 grated lemon, rind of (separate, not mixed together)
• 1/2 lemon, juice of (separate, not mixed together)
• 1 teaspoon light brown sugar
• 1 flat loaf ciabatta (or other similar style)
• 2 tablespoons good quality olive oil
• fresh ground pepper

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 400 f.
• 2 place tomatoes, garlic, salt, lemon rind and brown sugar in a saucepan.
• 3 cover and cook gently for 5 minutes, until the tomatoes have released their juices.
• 4 split bread loaf in half horizontally, then cut each half into 3-4 pieces. bake 5-8 minutes, until crisp and golden.
• 5 while the bread bakes, stir lemon juice and olive oil into the tomato mixture. cook uncovered for 8 minutes more, until thick and pulpy.
• 6 spread tomato mixture on top of the hot bread pieces, sprinkle with fresh ground pepper, and serve.