Italian toast
These Italian toasts are slices of fried bread with pesto, omelette and cooked tomatoes, garnished with a basil leaf.
50 min.
Easy
6 toasts
9 IngredientsLast modified on: December 1st 2013
3 
2 
6 slices 
cup + 3 tablespoons 
2 tablespoons 
¼ cup 
Basil
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.
Stage 2 - 5 min.
Remove the stalk end of 2 tomatoes and cut into thick slices.
Stage 3 - 5 min.
Stage 4 - 5 min.
Butter each slice on both sides.
Set aside.
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.
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.
Set aside.
Stage 7 - 5 min.
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.
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 % |
How much will it cost?
- For 6 toasts : 3.20 €
- Per toasts : 0.55 €
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This recipe uses (among others)
Pesto
You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Seb's Italian-style aperitif slices, Pasta with pesto and preserved tomatoes, Roasted leeks with pesto, Loaf for "les filles'", Genoese croque-monsieur, ... See them all 15
Butter
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Bread
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Egg
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