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Use your fresh summer tomatoes for this simple Pan con tomate. Photo by Rachel Adams courtesy of Ultreia Restaurant.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Well, the food police have at least one thing right: Do not buy tomatoes outside of summer. Winter\u2019s puck-like pink cardboard orbs are tomatoes in name alone. They are abominable.<\/p>\n

Someone once wrote \u201cIt is the duty of a wine to be red.\u201d It is the duty of a tomato to be juicy. One of the only foods worth losing is half a tomato\u2019s juice running down your chin, because that means the other half is running down your throat.<\/p>\n

Your favorite tomato ought to be the last one that you ate; wait until they\u2019re ready for you, not you for it. That means summertime, no other time.<\/p>\n

The tomato is native to the Andes, although it was most widely cultivated in Mesoamerica (present day Mexico and Central America). Its name derives from the Nahuatl language, as xitomatl.<\/em><\/p>\n

While the Italians certainly have done a number with the tomato, it didn\u2019t reach Europe until well after Columbus. Although we now eat the tomato only second to the potato, it wasn\u2019t until the mid-1800s that it was widespread in kitchens and dining rooms in both Europe and the United States.<\/p>\n

Although botanically a fruit (technically a berry), we consider the tomato a vegetable, and it was determined to be so in an 1893 case before the U.S. Supreme Court. The court based its decision on linguistic convention, not science, because most Americans treated tomatoes as vegetables, serving them \u201cat dinner in, with, or after the soup, fish or meats which constitute the principal part of the repast, and not, like fruits generally, as dessert.\u201d<\/p>\n

Suggestions in order to enjoy your tomatoes, fruits of the vine, to their fullest:<\/p>\n

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  • Never, ever, put a tomato in the refrigerator. If it\u2019s vine-ripened, it has a ripe aroma, even if uncut. The refrigerator inactivates those aromas which is a big mistake because aroma makes up an enormous quotient of taste. (Can\u2019t taste much at all when you\u2019re ill with a \u201ccode in your node,\u201d right?)<\/li>\n
  • Ripen or store tomatoes outside the refrigerator and out of direct sunlight. Wash them just before using, not after bringing them home from the market.<\/li>\n
  • You may ripen them, if they\u2019re not fully ripe and soft, in a brown paper bag, in order both to trap ripening gases and prevent dehydration.<\/li>\n
  • To peel the skin: With the point of a paring knife, make a small X at the base end. Drop into softly boiling water for 30 seconds; remove to a bowl of cold or iced water for another 30 seconds. The peel will slip off from the X, using your fingers or the paring knife\u2019s edge.<\/li>\n
  • When vine-ripened, a tomato will slice using a sharp chef\u2019s or slicing knife, although a serrated knife may help.<\/li>\n
  • The seeds are said to be bitter and will be if firmly masticated or processed, although in most preparations of vine-ripened tomatoes today, seeds do not end up so. Also, the highest concentration of vitamin C (and the tomato\u2019s crispening acidity) is in the jelly, often needlessly tossed away.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

    A note on wine with tomatoes, in whatever form or however cooked or eaten: Tomatoes are one of the globe\u2019s more acidic foods; you\u2019ll find that out if you have a small cut on your finger and you peel a fresh one with your hands. Dishes high in acidity are helped along in their deliciousness by wines also high in acidity. Strange but true; one actually cancels out the other.<\/p>\n

    The worst wines to serve with tomatoes are those low in acidity or high in alcohol, often a double bill in many wines from warmer climates or from overripe grapes. Fleshy, tannic red wines made from grenache or carignan don\u2019t seem to work, although those from high-acid grapes such as sangiovese, barbera, or xinomavro can star. (Would the Italians choose any other grape than the sangiovese for their uber-pomodoro cuisine?)<\/p>\n

    The recipe here comes from Ultreia Restaurant, in the Great Hall at Denver\u2019s Union Station downtown. Ultreia showcases foods and preparations from Portugal and Spain. Pan con tomate is famed in Barcelona and the surrounding district of Catalan. The restaurant serves it by itself (as the recipe here) or with accompaniments such as jam\u00f3n or as the beginnings for a grilled cheese sandwich.<\/p>\n

    Pan con Tomate<\/strong><\/h3>\n

    From Ultreia Restaurant Executive Chef Adam Branz<\/p>\n

    Ingredients<\/strong><\/h3>\n

    2 tablespoons olive oil for frying<\/p>\n

    2 slices ciabatta<\/p>\n

    1 clove garlic halved<\/p>\n

    2 teaspoons Nu\u00f1ez de Prado extra virgin olive oil (or other high quality Spanish extra virgin olive oil)<\/p>\n

    1\/2 teaspoon Maldon salt<\/p>\n

    1\/4 cup tomato puree (see preparation below)<\/p>\n

    Directions<\/strong><\/h3>\n

    Fry or saut\u00e9 the ciabatta slices in olive oil until evenly brown. Rub the slices with raw garlic. Evenly divide and top with the tomato pur\u00e9e. Drizzle the Spanish olive oil onto the pur\u00e9e and scatter with the Maldon salt.<\/p>\n

    Tomato Pur\u00e9e<\/strong><\/h3>\n

    Remove the core from heirloom or vine-ripened tomatoes (skins and seeds to remain). Pulse in a food processor until smooth. A pound of raw tomatoes yields approximately 1 cup of pur\u00e9e.<\/p>\n

    Bill St. John has written and taught about restaurants, food, cooking and wine for more than 40 years, locally for Rocky Mountain News, The Denver Post and KCNC-TV Channel 4, nationally for Chicago Tribune Newspapers and Wine & Spirits magazine. The Denver native lives in his hometown.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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