Italian toast

A recipe from cooking-ez.com

For 6 toasts, you will need:

• 1 3 eggs
• 2 2 tomatoes
• 3 6 slices bread
• 4 40 g butter
• 5 2 tablespoons Herb olive oil
• 6 50 g Pesto
• 7 basil
• 8 salt
• 9 pepper
• Total weight: 770 grams

Times:

Preparation	Resting	Cooking	Start to finish
29 min.	5 min.	15 min.	49 min.

Step by step recipe

1	Break 3 eggs into a bowl, salt and pepper, then beat with a fork or whisk, like for an omelette. Set aside.
2	Remove the stalk end of 2 tomatoes and cut into thick slices.
3	Trim the crusts off 6 slices bread. Here I have cut out circles with a cutter. This is more attractive, but not essential.
4	Butter each slice on both sides. Set aside.
5	Pour 2 tablespoons Herb olive oil into a frying pan on medium heat. Cook the sliced tomatoes on both sides. When cooked, pull off and discard the skin. Set aside.
6	Using the same frying pan, cook the eggs, mixing them round gently with a fork, to make a small omelette. Set aside.
7	Heat the plates. Still using the same pan, fry the bread until browned on both sides.
8	Spread pesto generously on each slice of toast.
9	Then add a layer of omelette (again, I have cut this out to make it more attractive).
10	Arrange the tomatoes on top and garnish with a basil leaf. Finish with a trickle of olive oil. Serve immediately.

Remarks

If you don't have anyherb olive oil, use ordinary olive oil and add a few herbs if you can (bayleaf, thyme, etc.), discarding these at the same time as the tomato skins.

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