Is it the bread or the pesto?

Posted On October 29, 2008

You certainly need good bread for it. I used two quarters of ciabatta, toasted under the grill. But you also need pesto, green pesto, spread over it. And the tomatoes have to be good, tangy ones. In this case I used British vine-ripened ones which I’ve previously found to be sweet and juicy, and rough cut them. I sprinkled garlic powder rather than real garlic to spread it more evenly across each slice. I used a turn of sea-salt, then returned it to the grill for a few minutes. More sea salt and black pepper, then freshly chopped basil as I served it up. Which one is the magic ingredient? I think it takes all of them to make a good slice of tomato on toast. I ate two slices for lunch.