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Italian toast

Name: Italian toast
Prep time: 34 min
Cook time: 15 min
Total time: 49 min
Yield: 6 toasts
Cuisine: French
Ingredients: 3 eggs; 2 tomatoes; 6 slices bread; 40 g butter; 2 tablespoons herb olive oil; 50 g pesto; Basil; salt; pepper

These Italian toasts are slices of fried bread with pesto, omelette and cooked tomatoes, garnished with a basil leaf.

118 K 1× 4.0/5 (23 reviews)

50 min.

Easy

3.20 €

6 toasts

9 Ingredients

Last modified on: December 1^st 2013

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 for this recipe

Preparation: 30 min.

Resting: 5 min.

Cooking: 15 min.

All in all: 50 min.

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Step by step recipe

Stage 1 - ⌛ 5 min.

Break 3 eggs into a bowl, salt and pepper, then beat with a fork or whisk, like for an omelette.

Set aside.

Stage 2 - ⌛ 5 min.

Remove the stalk end of 2 tomatoes and cut into thick slices.

Stage 3 - ⌛ 5 min.

Trim the crusts off 6 slices bread. Here I have cut out circles with a cutter. This is more attractive, but not essential.

Stage 4 - ⌛ 5 min.

Butter each slice on both sides.

Set aside.

Stage 5 - ⌛ 10 min.

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.

Stage 6 - ⌛ 5 min.

Using the same frying pan, cook the eggs, mixing them round gently with a fork, to make a small omelette.

Set aside.

Stage 7 - ⌛ 5 min.

Heat the plates.

Still using the same pan, fry the bread until browned on both sides.

Stage 8 - ⌛ 3 min.

Spread pesto generously on each slice of toast.

Stage 9 - ⌛ 3 min.

Then add a layer of omelette (again, I have cut this out to make it more attractive).

Stage 10 - ⌛ 3 min.

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.

Keeping: These toasts do not keep.

Source: Home made.

Nutritional information

	Proteins (gr)	Carbohydrates (gr)	Fats (gr)	Energy value (in k-calories)	Energy value (in k-joules)
Whole recipe	480 RDI=180 %	3,480 RDI=330 %	270 RDI=40 %	1,770 RDI=90 %	7,410 RDI: 90 %
Per 100 g	60 RDI=20 %	450 RDI=40 %	30 RDI=5 %	230 RDI=10 %	960 RDI: 10 %
Per toasts	80 RDI=30 %	580 RDI=60 %	40 RDI=7 %	300 RDI=20 %	1,240 RDI: 20 %

Possible allergens in this recipe: egg, Gluten, milk

How much will it cost?

For 6 toasts : 3.20 €
Per toasts : 0.55 €

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The 1 comment already posted on this recipe

What a refreshing meal, jh and so easy too. Thank you so much for sharing...Hope all is well with you and yours:) Louise:)
Louise december 1^st 201321:00 1

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