Pan con Tomate y Jamon
Tomato-rubbed bread with cured ham
Ingredients
- 1 Baguette
- 2 Tomato
- 1 clove Garlic
- 80 g Jamon serrano
- 2 tbsp Extra-virgin olive oil
- ¼ tsp Salt
Method
- Halve the tomatoes and the garlic clove.
- Toast the bread until crisp.
- Rub the warm toast with garlic, then the cut tomato, and drizzle with oil and salt.
- Drape the jamón over the top and serve.
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About Pan con Tomate y Jamon
Pan con tomate y jamon takes Spain's iconic tomato-rubbed toast and crowns it with slices of jamon serrano, the dry-cured mountain ham that is one of the country's defining ingredients. The base is the same beloved pan tumaca, crisp bread rubbed with raw garlic and ripe tomato pulp and dressed with olive oil and salt, but the ham turns a humble snack into something closer to a small meal. The contrast is what makes it: salty, savory, faintly nutty ham draped over juicy, garlicky, oil-soaked toast, with the cool cured meat against the warm bread. It reads here as a breakfast or quick bite, and in Spain it is exactly that, an everyday plate as much as a tapa.
The order of operations is what keeps it right. The bread is toasted crisp, then rubbed with garlic and cut tomato while still warm so the crust catches the aromatics and the pulp soaks in, and only then is it drizzled with oil and salted. The jamon is draped over the top at the very end rather than cooked, so it stays silky and its fat softens just slightly against the warm toast. It comes together in about ten minutes and asks for good ham above all else. Serve it immediately, ideally with strong coffee in the morning or a glass of something cold later in the day.
Pan con Tomate y Jamon: frequently asked questions
How many calories are in Pan con Tomate y Jamon?
A serving has about 569 calories — 25.6g protein, 70g carbs, 20.7g fat, 4g fiber. Figures are estimated from the ingredient amounts and will shift with your portions and brands.
Is it high in protein?
Each serving has about 25.6g of protein, roughly 18% of its calories.
Is Pan con Tomate y Jamon gluten-free?
As written, no — it contains Baguette. You'd need a certified gluten-free swap for that ingredient to make it gluten-free.
How many servings does Pan con Tomate y Jamon make?
This recipe makes 2 servings. In the app you can scale it up or down and the ingredient amounts adjust automatically.