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Italian toast

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

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Last modified on: December 1^st 2013

For 12 toasts, you will need:

0 6 eggs
1 4 tomatoes
2 12 slices bread
3 80 g butter
4 4 tablespoons Herb olive oil
5 100 g Pesto
6 basil
7 salt
8 pepper
Total weight: 1,540 grams

Change these quantities to make: 2 toasts 3 toasts 6 toasts 12 toasts 18 toasts

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Time required for this recipe:

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

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Keeping:

These toasts do not keep.

Step by step recipe

Stage 1 - 5 min.

Break 6 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 4 tomatoes and cut into thick slices.

Stage 3 - 5 min.

Trim the crusts off 12 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 4 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.

Nutritional information

Whole recipe
Energetic value	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats
1,402 Kcal or 5,870 Kj	101 gr	415 gr	162 gr
70 %	39 %	39 %	25 %

Per 100 g
Energetic value	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats
91 Kcal or 381 Kj	7 gr	27 gr	11 gr
5 %	3 %	3 %	2 %

Per toasts
Energetic value	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats
117 Kcal or 490 Kj	8 gr	35 gr	14 gr
6 %	3 %	3 %	2 %

% are calculated relative to a Recommended Dietary Intake or RDI of 2000 k-calories or 8400 k-joules by day for a woman (change to a man).

How much will it cost?

For 12 toasts : 6.35 €
Per toasts : 0.53 €

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Note : These prices are only approximate.

Source

Home made.

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	Pesto: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Fried egg in bread, Tomato feuilleté with pesto, Olive and pesto bread, Pesto crackers, Thin cherry tomato and pesto tart, ... All
	Butter: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Spinach and Comté Loaf, Sautéed green vegetables, Cabbage julienne with ham, Clarified butter, Pork Chops with Rosemary, ... All
	Bread: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Quail egg canapés, Beetroot salad with cashew nuts, Kérinou slices, Montbenoit's canapés, Gratin slices with spinach, ... All
	Egg: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Surprise eggs, Yeast-based flaky dough (for croissants), Mayonnaise, Elsa's Comtoise galette, Spinach brik parcels, ... All

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What a refreshing meal, jh and so easy too. Thank you so much for sharing...Hope all is well with you and yours:) Louise:)
Posted by Louise december 1^st 2013 at 21:00 (n° 1)

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