Ingredients
Pagnotta Bread Toasted with White Beans:
2 slices pagnotta
1x 19oz can cannellini beans, drained and rinsed
4-5 tbsp chili garlic ketchup
1x garlic clove, sliced in half
Fresh rosemary for garnish
Pagnotta Bread with Spanish-Style Grated Tomatoes:
2 tomatoes on the vine
2-3 slices pagnotta bread
1 tbsp fresh oregano
1x garlic clove, sliced in half
Olive oil
Pinch kosher salt
Instructions
Pagnotta Bread Toasted with White Beans
- Preheat the oven to a low broil setting. Toast the pagnotta bread for a few minutes each side, until golden on both sides.
- When the bread comes out of the oven, rub the bread with the cut side of the garlic clove to add flavour.
- In a bowl mix together beans and chili garlic ketchup.
- Slice the toasted bread into 5 pieces and top with beans. Garnish with fresh rosemary.
- Another option for serving: serve toast pieces separately with beans on the side to make each slice your own
Pagnotta Bread with Spanish-Style Grated Tomatoes
- Slice tomatoes in half. Using a box grater and rub the inside of the tomato over the large box grater holes into a bowl. The tomato skin will remain intact while you’re grating the inside of the tomato into the bowl. Mix the tomato with fresh oregano and a good pinch of salt.
- Preheat the oven to a low broil setting. Drizzle the pagnotta bread with olive oil and toast for a few minutes each side, until golden on both sides.
- When the bread comes out of the oven, rub the bread with the cut side of the garlic clove to add flavour.
- Spoon the tomato mixture onto the toasted bread, cut into triangles and serve immediately.
TIPS
- Keep things easy when entertaining and simply put out all of the components, allowing guests to build their own