Instructions: Preheat the oven to 240C/475F/Gas9 or the highest it will go.

Roughly tear the loaf into eighths and place on a baking tray.

Bake in the oven until dry and toasted on the outside but soft in the centre (no more than 5 minutes).

Place in a bowl.

Take four of the tomatoes and using your hands squeeze them over the toasted bread.

Mix together a dressing using half the olive oil the vinegar crushed garlic and some salt and pepper.

Pour the dressing over the toasted bread and tomato and toss.

Skin and seed the remaining tomatoes retaining their juices slice lengthways into eigths and add them with the basil to the bread mixture.

Finally add the lemon juice to bring out the flavour of the tomatoes and pour over the remaining olive oil.

Serves 6

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