Toast with Summer Tomatoes

Pan con tomate – two ways

• 1 slice of artisan bread, toasted
• butter and mayonnaise
• sliced outdoor ripened, summer tomatoes (hopefully from your own garden or the farmer’s market – definitely not hot-house)
• a sprig of basil, torn into pieces
• sea salt

Generously butter the toasted bread and then spread it with a bit of mayonnaise.  Top with the sliced tomatoes, add sea salt and basil.   Enjoy.

OR

• 1 slice of artisan bread, toasted
• garlic, peeled
• 1 small juicy tomato – cut in half
• olive oil
• sea salt

Lightly rub one side of the toasted bread with the garlic.  Then take half of the tomato and rub it on the same side (cut side of the tomato down).  Drizzle with a bit of olive oil and sprinkle with salt.  If you’re our daughter, slice the other half of the tomato and add it to the top for double the tomato delight.  Enjoy.