Maltese Bread With Tomatoes (Hobz Biz-Zejt) - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 loaf crusty bread (the best kind is farmhouse style bread with a decent crust rather than soft, sponge-like fanc bread)
olive oil
6 juicy tomatoes (or 1 can thick tomato paste)
salt
pepper
pickled capers
sliced ripe olives
Optional
1 (200 g) can tuna (optional)
chopped fresh green pepper (optional)
cheese (eg. cheddar, edam) (optional)
pickled onion (optional)

Preparation

Pour the olive oil into a plate.
Slice the bread, then dip one side of each slice into the oil. Squeeze out the excess.
If using fresh tomatoes, slice them in half then rub the cut side over the bread until it is red. If using tomato paste, just spread over the bread.
Sprinkle with salt and pepper.
Add capers, olive slices, flakes of tuna, chopped green peppers and other ingredients on top.