{"id":1049,"date":"2013-01-17T12:13:49","date_gmt":"2013-01-17T11:13:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/?p=1049"},"modified":"2021-08-02T13:35:04","modified_gmt":"2021-08-02T11:35:04","slug":"pan-tumaca","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/pan-tumaca\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Prepare a Good &#8220;Pan Tumaca&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">If you ask a Catalan person which is the typical Catalan food or dish, the first thing that will come to his or her mind will be, undoubtedly, is pan tumaca.<strong> Pan tumaca in English<\/strong>&nbsp;is bread with tomato, which can also be referred to as <strong>&#8220;pa amb tom\u00e0quet&#8221;<\/strong>&nbsp;in Catalan.<\/p>\n<div id=\"metaslider-id-104539\" style=\"max-width: 850px; margin: 0 auto;\" class=\"ml-slider-3-20-3 metaslider metaslider-responsive metaslider-104539 ml-slider\">\n    <div id=\"metaslider_container_104539\">\n        <ul id='metaslider_104539' class='rslides'>\n            <li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/short-term-rentals\" target=\"_self\"><img width=\"850\" height=\"182\" src=\"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/en-7.jpg\" class=\"slider-104539 slide-104540\" alt=\"touristic apartments in barcelona\" rel=\"\" title=\"Banner medio turismo inquilinos\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n        <\/ul>\n        \n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\"><strong>ShBarcelona<\/strong><\/a> shares a simple recipe that consists on spreading a raw tomato on toasted bread until it is red and soft. Now you will also know how to prepare pan tumaca when you have returned from your holiday in Barcelona.<\/p>\n<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_17 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-grey\">\n<div class=\"ez-toc-title-container\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-title-toggle\"><\/span><\/div>\n<nav><ul class=\"ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1\"><li class=\"ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2\"><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/pan-tumaca\/#Everything_you_need_to_know_about_pan_tumaca\" title=\"Everything you need to know about pan tumaca\">Everything you need to know about pan tumaca<\/a><ul class=\"ez-toc-list-level-3\"><li class=\"ez-toc-heading-level-3\"><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/pan-tumaca\/#Its_origins\" title=\"Its origins\">Its origins<\/a><\/li><li class=\"ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3\"><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/pan-tumaca\/#How_to_make_pan_tumaca_-_the_original_recipe\" title=\"How to make pan tumaca &#8211; the original recipe\">How to make pan tumaca &#8211; the original recipe<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li class=\"ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2\"><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/pan-tumaca\/#Where_to_have_the_best_pan_tumaca_in_Barcelona\" title=\"Where to have the best pan tumaca&nbsp;in Barcelona?\">Where to have the best pan tumaca&nbsp;in Barcelona?<\/a><ul class=\"ez-toc-list-level-3\"><li class=\"ez-toc-heading-level-3\"><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-5\" href=\"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/pan-tumaca\/#Cal_Pep\" title=\"Cal Pep\">Cal Pep<\/a><\/li><li class=\"ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3\"><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-6\" href=\"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/pan-tumaca\/#La_Bodegueta_del_Poble_Sec\" title=\"La Bodegueta del Poble Sec\">La Bodegueta del Poble Sec<\/a><\/li><li class=\"ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3\"><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-7\" href=\"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/pan-tumaca\/#Can_Valles\" title=\"Can Vall\u00e9s\">Can Vall\u00e9s<\/a><\/li><li class=\"ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3\"><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-8\" href=\"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/pan-tumaca\/#Can_Recasens\" title=\"Can Recasens\">Can Recasens<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: left;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Everything_you_need_to_know_about_pan_tumaca\"><\/span>Everything you need to know about pan tumaca<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: left;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Its_origins\"><\/span>Its origins<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Most sources say that the pan tumaca is inspired by the bread with olive oil recipe, a preparation that has been part of the <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/mediterranean-food\/\">Mediterranean cuisine<\/a><\/strong> since the ancient times in Greece.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">In the seventeenth century,&nbsp;<strong><em>panbolibo<\/em> <\/strong>(bread with oil) appeared for the first time in a cookbook of Jaume Oliver, but was only during the eighteenth century that people started eating juicy and delicious tomatoes coming from America.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">In 1884, the first written reference of the pan tumaca&nbsp;appeared, placing its origin in Catalan <strong>farmhouses<\/strong>, where they use to spread the tomato in the dried bread and season it with some oil and garlic so that it was soft enough to chew it.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_106520\" style=\"width: 650px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-106520\" class=\"size-full wp-image-106520\" src=\"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/autumn-2099059_640.jpg\" alt=\"tomatoes in mediterranean\" width=\"640\" height=\"371\"><p id=\"caption-attachment-106520\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>Photo via Pixabay<\/em><\/p><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Other sources claim that the pan tumaca was actually brought by Murcians who came to work in Barcelona\u2019s metro construction back in the twenties. It is said that they planted tomato plants along the pathways and at lunchtime collected their tomatoes and spread them on the dry bread.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Writer Manuel Vazquez Montalban says in his book &#8220;The Prize&#8221; (1996) that <strong>pan tumaca<\/strong>, <em>&#8220;materializes the encounter between European wheat culture, the American tomato, Mediterranean olive oil and devoted Christian culture salt&#8221;, <\/em>which means that&nbsp;this recipe could be considered a union of different cultures.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Catalans have adopted it as their own and it has since become a symbol of Catalan identity. In the rest of Spain and other European countries, the pan tumaca&nbsp;is often eaten as a mixture of ground tomato, oil and salt spread on a bread slice, sometimes with garlic too.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a class=\"fasc-button fasc-size-large fasc-type-flat fasc-rounded-medium ico-fa fasc-ico-before fa-chevron-circle-right\" style=\"background-color: #850909; color: #ffffff;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/\">Check out ShBarcelona<\/a><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: left;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"How_to_make_pan_tumaca_-_the_original_recipe\"><\/span>How to make pan tumaca &#8211; the original recipe<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">To eat a genuine Catalan pan tumaca&nbsp;you must carefully choose the raw materials: a<strong> ripe tomato, <\/strong>a<strong> big bread slice <\/strong>(like some toasted &#8220;pa de pages\u201d or rustic <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/best-bakeries-barcelona\/\"><strong>bread<\/strong><\/a>)<strong>, olive oil <\/strong>and a little bit of<strong> salt.<\/strong><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_106519\" style=\"width: 650px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-106519\" class=\"size-full wp-image-106519\" src=\"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/tomatoes-5566744_640.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"424\"><p id=\"caption-attachment-106519\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>Photo via Pixabay<\/em><\/p><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Cut the tomato in half without removing the skin, take one half, face the juicy part toward the bread, and spread the content out by pressing hard on the bread until it is red in its entirety. Repeat the process on both sides of the bread if is \u201cpa de pay\u00e9s\u201d.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Don\u2019t worry if there are <strong>tomato<\/strong> seeds or pieces on the bread, they will make everything tastier. If you want, you can spread some garlic on the bread slice too. Finally, pour a little olive oil and add a dash of salt over the bread and <em>voil\u00e1<\/em>!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">You have the perfect accompaniment for some Spanish ham or your own vegetarian treat!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Related article: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/catalan-recipe\/\">Traditional Catalan Recipe: Fideu\u00e0<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: left;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Where_to_have_the_best_pan_tumaca_in_Barcelona\"><\/span>Where to have the best pan tumaca&nbsp;in Barcelona?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: left;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Cal_Pep\"><\/span>Cal Pep<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Located only a couple of steps away from the <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/barcelona-rent\/ciutat-vella\/barceloneta\" class=\"broken_link\" rel=\"nofollow\">neighborhood of Barceloneta<\/a>,<\/strong>&nbsp;<strong>Cal Pep<\/strong> is a very special tapas bar that serves authentic Mediterranean cuisine, prepared with seasonal ingredients.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Besides their tapas,&nbsp;<strong>Cal Pep<\/strong> is also famous for serving an excellent pan tumaca.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Location: <\/strong>Pla\u00e7a de les Olles, 8<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_106521\" style=\"width: 650px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-106521\" class=\"size-full wp-image-106521\" src=\"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/garlic-545223_640.jpg\" alt=\"garlic for pan tumaca\" width=\"640\" height=\"411\"><p id=\"caption-attachment-106521\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>Photo via Pixabay<\/em><\/p><\/div>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: left;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"La_Bodegueta_del_Poble_Sec\"><\/span>La Bodegueta del Poble Sec<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Located in the most famous pintxos street in Barcelona,&nbsp;<strong>La Bodegueta del Poble Sec<\/strong> serves traditional Catalan food in a bodega-style establishment in the neighbourhood of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/barcelona-rent\/sants-montjuic\/poble-sec\" class=\"broken_link\" rel=\"nofollow\"><strong>Poble Sec<\/strong><\/a> (as you might have already guessed).<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">There, you can find a variety of dishes that are adored by locals such as <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/caracoles\/\">snails<\/a><\/strong>, tortillas, sausages, and the all mighty&nbsp;pan tumaca.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Location:<\/strong> Carrer de Blai, 47<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a class=\"fasc-button fasc-size-large fasc-type-flat fasc-rounded-medium ico-fa fasc-ico-before fa-chevron-circle-right broken_link\" style=\"background-color: #850909; color: #ffffff;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/short-term-rentals\" rel=\"nofollow\">Book your next holiday accommodation in Barcelona<\/a><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: left;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Can_Valles\"><\/span>Can Vall\u00e9s<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Can Vall\u00e9s<\/strong> is less traditional than the restaurants mentioned above. It serves a mix of traditional Catalan food and homemade food, all with a modern twist. The dishes are prepared by Chef Josep Alavar\u00e9z, who creates visually-stunning meals.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Just wait until you try his version of pan tumaca- exquisite!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Location: <\/strong>Carrer d&#8217;Arag\u00f3, 95 (in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/barcelona-rent\/eixample\/nova-esquerra-eixample\" class=\"broken_link\" rel=\"nofollow\"><strong>La Nova Esquerra de l&#8217;Eixample<\/strong><\/a>)<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_24481\" style=\"width: 650px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-24481\" class=\"wp-image-24481\" src=\"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/image.jpeg\" alt=\"pan tumaca or pan con tomate\" width=\"640\" height=\"415\"><p id=\"caption-attachment-24481\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>Photo via Pixabay<\/em><\/p><\/div>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: left;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Can_Recasens\"><\/span>Can Recasens<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">For another great slice of&nbsp;pan tumaca, head on to the neighborhood of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/barcelona-rent\/sant-marti\/poblenou\" class=\"broken_link\" rel=\"nofollow\"><strong>Poblenou<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/canrecasens\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\"><strong>Can Recasens<\/strong><\/a> is a quaint little restaurant that sells a variety of cheeses, sausages, toasts, and wine. Enjoy the beautiful and inviting ambiance of the restaurant while delighting on a delicious serving of pan tumaca.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Location: <\/strong>Rambla del Poblenou, 102<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Have you tried making your own pan tumaca? 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