Remove the eyes from the ripened tomatoes, make an incision on the bottom and blanch for 10 seconds in rapidly boiling water.
Remove and plunge into iced water till cool.
Remove the skin from the tomatoes, quarter, de-seed and cut into 1 cm dices.
Add the salt, pepper and 15 ml of the olive oil to the tomatoes, mix well, add the roughly chopped basil and the diced peeled garlic. Chill for 5 minutes.
Slice the crusty French stick into thick slices at a slight angle and lightly toast on both sides taking care not to dry out the bread.
Rub the garlic clove on the toasted bread, drizzle with olive oil and spoon the tomato mix on top.
Arrange on a serving platter and serve immediately.