Grilled Carabineros with Pan Con Tomate

Grilled Carabineros with Pan Con Tomate

18 Apr 2022 by Wright Brothers Team

Enhance your usual Grilled Carabineros with the addition of Pan Con Tomate - an ideal dish to serve with a slice of rustic sourdough.
  • Time 20minutes
  • Serves 2
  • Difficulty Easy

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This Spanish snack is usually served at the start of the meal as part of a selection of appetisers. We love it with grilled Carabineros.

Good rustic sourdough is best for this. Traditionally once grilled you would rub a cut tomato into the bread creating a tomato mush. I spotted a friend once blending them as in the recipe below and it makes for quicker assembly if doing a larger quantity.

The traditional method is simple cut the tomatoes in half horizontally and then after rubbing the garlic into the grilled bread take a tomato half and squash and rub it into the bread until you are left with a scrap of tomato skin in your hand.

Whilst this recipe gives four good slices it is worth doing extra as it invariably gets eaten.

Grilled Carabineros

  1. To cook, preheat a cast iron grill, heavy pan or a barbecue.
  2. Toss in sea salt and grill for 1.5 to 2.5 mins each side for the large prawns and/or 1 to 2 minutes for the medium prawns. They are best lightly cooked.

Note: you are looking for a nice toasting and light char to the shell and head.

Pan Con Tomato

  1. Coarsely chop the whole tomatoes and whizz up in a blender or food processor with quarter of a teaspoonful of sea salt.
  2. Scrape into a sieve that is resting over a bowl and leave for at least half an hour for clear juices to run away. You will be left with a denser pulp that is then ready for use.
  3. Grill or toast the sourdough until well browned.
  4. Take a garlic clove and rub it into the crunchy surface which will act like a grater and spread a fine amount of garlic over the grilled bread.
  5. Then spread on the tomato pulp and finish with a good drizzle of olive oil. Sprinkle sea salt if required.

Note: the remaining clear tomato water can be added to a stew or some simmering pulses if you happen to be cooking some.

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