Spanish dinner recipes are the food of the Mediterranean table: olive oil, tomatoes, garlic, bread, cured ham and seafood. Pan con tomate — bread rubbed with tomato and topped with jamón ibérico — is its simplest expression, and one of its best.
Spanish eating is social and spread through the day: a light breakfast, tapas with a drink, a long lunch, and a late, light dinner. Jamón, cheese, olives and bread appear at almost every meal, and good ingredients are treated simply so their quality shows.
Browse Spanish recipes below for pan con tomate and the tapas traditions behind it.