Spanish Tomatoes

Whenever you are in Europe the tomatoes always taste so much better than in the UK. On our recent trip to Sitges, Spain there were a couple of stand out tomato dishes for me and the success of these dishes I think is based on the full flavour of ripe tomatoes. When produce is this good you don't need to do much to them to turn them into a delicious dish.

One of the restaurants we stumbled upon was La Picara. The tapas looked great although we went for a 3 course meal including a drink for only 13 euros! My first course was a gazpacho which was perfect for a scorching hot day.

The recipe is basically whizzing up some tomatoes, green and red peppers, cucumber, garlic and olive oil and chill. The inclusion of bread also gives the soup body and creaminess. Mine came accompanied with little bowls of croutons and a dish of chopped red and green pepper and onion. So yummy.

The other tomato based dish that you see everywhere is Pan con Tomato (bread with tomato). 

Basically, toast some bread, rub a clove of garlic on it, smear a ripe tomato over the bread and top with olive oil and salt. 

The tomatoes in Switzerland are very good so I will include these two dishes into my summer repertoire!

MP

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