5 Ingredients – Quick & Easy Food
By Jamie Oliver
21 mins
Not Too Tricky
serves 4
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Ingredients
4 cloves of garlic
olive oil
1 bunch of fresh basil (30g)
2 x 400g tins of plum tomatoes
270g stale ciabatta
40g Parmesan cheese
extra virgin olive oil
Method
This Italian store-cupboard meal is a wonderful way to make a loaf of stale bread stretch further. It’s also brilliantly quick to put together – enjoy!
- Peel and finely slice the garlic, and place in a large pan on a medium heat with 1 tablespoon of olive oil, stirring regularly.
- Pick the baby basil leaves into a bowl of cold water for later, then pick the rest of the leaves into the pan.
- Before the garlic starts to colour, add the tomatoes and 2 tins’ worth of water, season with sea salt and black pepper, and bring to the boil, gently mashing the tomatoes.
- Tear in the stale bread, stir, then leave to simmer on a low heat for 5 minutes, or until thick and delicious.
- Finely grate and stir in the Parmesan, then taste and season to perfection.
- Dish up, sprinkle over the reserved baby basil leaves and drizzle each bowlful with 1 tablespoon of good extra virgin olive oil. Heaven.
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