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Fried Spanish Tomatoes in Extra Virgin Olive Oil

Course Appetizer, Side Dish
Cuisine Spanish
Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 10 minutes
Servings 4
Author Albert Bevia @ Spain on a Fork

Ingredients

  • 3 tomatoes
  • 6 cloves garlic
  • 1/4 cup extra virgin olive oil
  • handful fresh parsley
  • pinch fine sea salt
  • pinch freshly cracked black pepper

Instructions

  1. Cut 6 cloves of garlic into large chunks, finely chop a handful of fresh parsley and cut 3 unripe tomatoes into wedges, to make the wedges cut each tomato in half, place the half cut side down and cut in at an angle and down to the middle, you should get 3 wedges from each half

  2. Heat a fry pan with a medium heat and add in a 1/4 cup of extra virgin olive oil, after 2 minutes add the chunks of garlic and mix around with the olive oil, after 2 minutes remove the garlics from the pan and set aside

  3. Using the same pan with the same heat add in the tomato wedges one at a time, after 2 minutes flip the tomato wedges, after a total cooking time of 4 to 5 minutes, remove the pan from the heat and transfer the tomatoes into a serving dish

  4. Drizzle any olive oil that is left in the pan over the tomatoes, evenly divide the chunks of garlic over the tomatoes, season everything generously with fine sea salt & freshly cracked black pepper and sprinkle with some freshly chopped parsley, enjoy!

Recipe Notes

Get the ODELAY EXTRA VIRGIN OLIVE OIL I used to make this recipe.