 The original base used to be made with toasted slices of "pa de pagès" ("peasants' bread"), a typical round loaf of wheat bread of a fair size (from ½ kg to 5 kg, from some 20 cm to 50 cm in diameter).If the mixture is not premade (in fact, if it is premade, most people will not consider it at all "pa amb tomàquet"), there is said to be an ideal order in which the ingredients are integrated to yield the best flavour.First, if used, the garlic is rubbed on the bread.