Saturday 27 April 2013

Feta, tomato and basil toast


This is probably the meal I make the most for a quick and delicious lunch and even breakfast sometimes. I never get bored of it as the flavor combination is so good- juicy tomatoes, creamy and salty feta, and crunchy and garlicky toast. Who could resist? 

Creamy, delicious feta crumbled all over the juicy tomatoes.

It is really light and works well with any good bread, though my particular favorites are sourdough or granary. It takes just minutes to prepare. I always keep the ingredients for this in the fridge and always feel satisfied after eating it.

Ingredients (per person)
2 slices of bread (sliced quite generously)
Olive oil (I use a spray)
A clove of garlic
A few leaves of basil (use scissors to cut into slithers)
A handful of cherry plum tomatoes (I use a mix of yellow and red ones) sliced or quartered
A couple of sun-dried tomatoes chopped into slithers
Feta cheese to crumble (as much as you like)
1 tsp sun-dried tomato olive oil (from the jar of sun-dried tomatoes) to drizzle over the top
Cracked black pepper

Juicy tomatoes, basil, feta & sun-dried tomatoes

Method
Toast the slices of bread. Once toasted, rub a clove of garlic over the crunchy toast so the garlic flavor transfers to the bread. Drizzle or spray some olive oil onto the top of the toasted garlic toast (you could use butter but I think olive oil works better with these Mediterranean ingredients).
Scatter the slices or quarters of tomatoes over the pieces of bread, add the sun-dried tomato slithers and basil and top with the crumbled feta cheese.
Season with black pepper and then drizzle a little of the sun-dried tomato olive oil from the jar over the top.
So simple to put together but believe me packed full of flavor. Eat on its own at breakfast or with some mixed salad leaves on the side for lunch.

Who can resist this flavor combination?!

Hope you enjoy this as much as I do.

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