Gluten Free Pan Con Tomate

Pan con tomate is one of those dishes that proves the simplest food is often the most satisfying — charred, garlicky toast blanketed in bright, juicy tomato pulp and finished with a drizzle of good olive oil. The whole thing comes together in minutes, and the technique of grating ripe tomatoes directly over a bowl is a small revelation that gives you this silky, intensely flavored pulp without any fuss. Using a quality gluten free bread here is really the only swap needed, because every other ingredient is naturally free of gluten concerns — no specialty products, no complicated substitutions. The key is toasting the slices until they're genuinely golden and crisp at the edges, which gives the bread enough texture to hold up to all that tomato without going soggy. Rubbing the hot toast with a raw garlic clove while it's still fresh off the heat is the move that makes this taste like something you'd order at a Barcelona tapas bar. Finished with flaky sea salt and optional fresh parsley, it's an effortless appetizer or side that serves four and disappears almost instantly.

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