Mornings in Spain often start with pan con tomatoes (toast slathered with tomato and garlic purée). Use cherry tomatoes in this deconstructed version.
- garlic 4 whole bulbs
- thyme 6 sprigs
- olive oil 400ml
- cherry tomatoes 300g, halved
- sourdough 4 slices, toasted
Step 1
Heat the oven to 160C/fan 140C/gas 3. Cut the garlic bulbs horizontally across the tops, so that all of the cloves are revealed, and sit them snugly into a small, deep roasting tin. Add the thyme sprigs and a generous pinch of salt, and pour over the oil until the bulbs are nearly submerged, adding a little more if needed. Cook for an hour or until the cloves are really soft.
Step 2
Put the cherry tomatoes cut-side up into a roasting tin and sprinkle with salt. Put into the oven for the final 25 minutes of the garlic’s cooking time.
Step 3
Use a spatula to lift the garlic bulbs from the oil and cool slightly. Squeeze the cloves from their skins onto the toasted sourdough and pile on the tomatoes, along with a little of the garlic-perfumed oil (keep the rest for cooking – it will keep for two weeks in the fridge).