If the only consequence of Columbus's expedition was the appearance of the tomato in Europe, old Christopher for this alone should be recognized as the greatest discoverer in history.
Indeed, it is absolutely impossible to imagine modern European cuisine without what the Aztecs called “tomatl”. Today's issue of TOP5 is about the simplest (but, in my taste, one of the best) uses of tomato: tomato + bread.
Bread, tomato and lots of fun
The Spaniards, the first inhabitants of the Old World to taste tomatoes, seem to value them more than others. In Spain, in Mallorca, a special variety of tomatoes was even developed, the only purpose of which is to be grated on a piece of toasted bread.
The same thing, but with basil leaves and a dash of balsamic, is called bruschetta in Italy.
Spanish pan tomate
Some people think that a typical Madrid breakfast is churros with hot chocolate. And it is true. But an equally typical breakfast in the capital of Spain is a piece of bread with grated tomatoes. You can find out what else they put on this Spanish sandwich by following the link.
Well, what would Spanish food be without gazpacho? By the way, gazpacho was eaten in Spain long before Columbus's voyage. Because the main thing in gazpacho, don’t be surprised, is not the tomato, but the bread.
Greek dakos
For some time now, my favorite bread and tomato combination has been dacos. The recipe for this simple summer dish was brought by us from its homeland, the island of Crete. Every year, with the onset of warmth and the appearance delicious tomatoes We make dakos at the dacha.
Pan con tomate, which translates from Spanish as “bread with tomatoes,” is a famous snack that is loved in Catalonia, Andalusia, Aragon and other regions of Spain. It is very simple to prepare, but the bread with tomatoes is so tasty that it is sometimes called “Spanish” (although this is done mainly by Americans who pronounce it “bruschetta”). Now that a new product has appeared on all markets in the country - tomatoes with the smell and taste of tomatoes - this recipe is more relevant than ever.
Bread with tomatoes
4 servings
4 slices of bread
2-3 cloves of garlic
2 ripe tomatoes
olive
Bread - and for this dish ideally you need bread in rustic style, made from coarser flour and with a spongy crumb, although a regular baguette will do - cut into not too thin slices and fry on both sides on the grill or bake in the oven. While the bread is still hot, rub the surface of the bread with garlic, and then take half a tomato and vigorously rub its pulp into the bread. Drizzle the bread olive oil and season with salt.
There is another way to prepare bread with tomatoes, it is less authentic, but perhaps some will find it more convenient and tastier: grate the tomatoes on a coarse grater, brush the garlic-rubbed bread with this pulp, then season in the same way with olive oil and salt. For greater variety and gluttony, you can add
There are many ways to prepare bread dough. The most common options are bread made with water or dairy products (milk, whey, kefir, buttermilk, with the addition of sour cream, cream, and so on). Of course, the world of bread baking is not limited to them, but on the contrary, “everything is just beginning” with bread on water or kefir. Well, it continues... for example, with “vegetable” breads. This is when pieces of vegetables are added to the dough, and the result is onion, zucchini, carrot, and pumpkin bread. Or, for example, three-color bread with spinach, carrots and beets. Masterpiece! It attracts home bakers with its brightness and colorfulness, and children eat it with pleasure. But this is by the way, because today we will talk about another “vegetable” bread - tomato.
If you are a fan of Mediterranean cuisine, you will definitely love this tomato bread. Its dough is prepared using fresh tomato juice with pulp, which makes the bread aromatic and tender, with a pleasantly sweet taste with a slight sourness. The tomato flavor of the bread is complemented by Italian herbs - they give it the “ultimate” Mediterranean character.
Advice. Choose ripe, fleshy tomatoes for the base. Pink or yellow varieties are perfect.
The bread dough is specially kneaded to be very tender and soft, making the bread airy and fluffy, extremely porous. It will be easy to work with such dough if you use a mixer with hook attachments or a bread maker (model Binatone BM-2068 in this recipe) for kneading. It is best to bake in a mold.
On a note. If you don’t have a lot of tomatoes, or the puree is less than what was called for in the recipe, you can add a little water to the base.
Cooking time: about 4 hours / Yield: 1 loaf
Ingredients
- tomatoes about 350 g (ready pureed juice will need 300 g)
- white wheat flour 380 g
- olive oil 2 tbsp. l.
- salt 1.5 tsp.
- sugar 1 tsp.
- dry yeast 1 tsp.
- mixture of Italian herbs 0.5 tsp.
Preparation
Large photos Small photos
Prepare all the necessary ingredients.
Wash the tomatoes thoroughly and cut into arbitrary pieces. Place the pieces into a blender bowl.
Grind the tomato thoroughly until it becomes a homogeneous paste. Rub the resulting mass through a sieve.
Pour the tomato puree into the bread maker bowl. Add olive oil to it.
Then add flour, salt, sugar, yeast and dry herbs into the bowl.
Dough kneading mode: 6 minutes first kneading, 20 minutes rest, 12 minutes second kneading and 50 minutes fermentation.
When the kneading cycle is complete, transfer the dough to a floured surface.
Use gentle rolling movements to form an oblong loaf.
You should end up with a nice smooth loaf like this.
Place the bread mixture into a baking pan that has been lightly greased with oil.
Cover the pan with film and leave to proof in a warm place for 45-50 minutes. The bread should increase 2-2.5 times. During this time, preheat the oven to 250 degrees.
When the bread has risen, send it to bake.
Bake for the first 15 minutes, sprinkling the bread with water every 3 minutes. Then reduce the temperature to 200 degrees and bake for another 25 minutes until a nice golden brown color.
It turns out that tomatoes really “love” black bread.
Vegetables grown at home without the use of chemicals, not purchased in a supermarket, are in increasing demand on the market, as every consumer understands their benefits for children and adults.
We treat juicy, red-cheeked, handsome tomatoes with special love, as they are not only tasty, but also very useful for the human body: they are rich in lycopene, which perfectly improves health. Growing them does not require large areas and expenses, especially if the gardener, passionate about his work, tries to use the wise advice of his grandparents in agricultural technology, who know many secrets with which vegetable crops can be grown without special material costs. For example, black bread can be a good helper in obtaining a rich harvest of tomatoes. Its use as a top dressing will help the gardener get a decent income from selling his products on the market. This is realistic already because tomatoes are among the five most popular vegetables.
It turns out that black bread loves tomatoes very much
Feeding tomatoes with bread
Any gardener can easily grow pleasant-tasting, low-calorie tomatoes. By correctly applying agricultural technology and listening to people's councils, you should feed the plants in time, and even the most infertile soil can be made nutritious for tomatoes, which will respond to care with a generous harvest.
What did our grandmothers feed these heat-loving plants? The secret is very simple - black bread!
What did our grandmothers feed these heat-loving plants? The secret is very simple - black bread! This amazing and accessible fertilizer is time-tested. Any family is capable of long winter months collect enough crackers to find a worthy use for them in the spring: use them to feed tomatoes. This will greatly improve the fertility of any soil.
How to feed tomatoes (video)
What are the benefits of grain feeding?
Tomatoes are an intensive growth crop and require a lot of minerals. Black bread contains a whole bunch of minerals such as:
- phosphorus;
- nitrogen;
- potassium;
- iron;
- manganese;
- sodium;
In addition, it contains a variety of vitamins. Thanks to its rich composition, grain fertilizer helps seedlings to quickly take root in a new place and plant roots to gain strength. Thanks to it, stems and leaves grow better and faster, flowers develop and beautiful and even fruits ripen.
Another positive quality This fertilizer is not only effective, but also safe both for the fruit itself and for those who eat it.
Tomatoes are an intensive growth crop and require a lot of minerals.
Bread contains a lot of simple carbohydrates. Once in the soil, they become a breeding ground for a myriad of fungi and bacteria, which themselves become food for the planted plant. It is known that plants themselves, in order to attract nitrogen-fixing microbes, secrete carbohydrates with their roots. Microbes, having processed the grain fertilizer that has entered the soil, convert the nitrogen contained in the air into nitrogen salts that the plant needs.
But here it is necessary to take into account the time of feeding and its quantity. The optimal concentration of carbohydrates, according to experienced gardeners, is 0.2-0.5%. This means that it is enough to infuse only 50 g of bread in a bucket of water.
Folk recipes for feeding tomatoes with black bread
There are several ways to prepare fertilizer:
- Bread crusts collected over the long winter months are placed in a bucket, filled to the brim, filled with water, pressed down with pressure so that the crusts do not float, and the fertilizer is kept for a week in a warm place. Since the smell from the bucket will be quite unpleasant, you can cover it tightly with plastic wrap. When the starter has “ripened”, the liquid is drained and diluted three times, and the thick mass is thrown into the compost.
- A bucket with a volume of 8 liters is filled halfway with pieces of dry black bread, filled with water so that the crackers are covered with it, a plate of such a size is placed on top that it does not allow the pieces to float, and a load is placed on it, for example, a three-liter jar of water. A week later, the future fertilizer is filtered and 3 liters of clean water are added.
- 1/3 of the manure is placed in the barrel, and the rest of the contents are all kinds of weeds, bread or fresh yeast. During the season, use 1 liter of this mixture, diluted with 8-10 liters of water. But at the same time, it is still necessary to use microfertilizers, nitrogen, superphosphate, and also chemicals for pest control.
- The crackers are poured into a can, filled with warm water, tightly closed with a lid and placed in a well-heated and well-lit place for 2 weeks. sun rays place for the solution to ferment. After this, the mixture is diluted 1:1 with water. Everything is ready for use as top dressing.
- 3-4 loaves are soaked for 2 days in a 15 liter bucket. Then squeeze, filter through cheesecloth, dilute 1 liter of infusion with 8-10 liters of water and begin to feed the tomatoes. After 10 days, the seedlings are transformed: they become powerful and luxurious. The whole point is that bread is organic fertilizer for soil. The basis of bread feeding, of course, is yeast, which contains, in addition to minerals, growth stimulants and micronutrients.
Tomatoes, if watered with a bread solution, not only develop faster due to a strong root system, but also produce a rich harvest of fruits with excellent taste.
How to fertilize tomatoes (video)
How to fertilize with black bread
You can feed tomatoes 2-3 weeks after planting. The liquid is usually poured into evening time or after rain at the root of the plant, its volume should be approximately 1 cup. Experienced gardeners First, water the tomatoes generously. It is advisable to repeat fertilizing every week and a half if the soil is not fertile enough. It will support tomatoes well; it is economical and without special labor prepared fertilizer during the formation of the ovary, when the third flower cluster appears, after the second cluster blooms during the formation of the fruits.
Top dressing made from black bread is one of the conditions for obtaining high-quality, tasty, healthy products, since it does not contain chemicals dangerous to the human body.
People say that bread is the head of everything. What was described above proves that this is true: bread nourishes not only humans, but also supports all living things around, including plants.