Italian Bruschetta Recipe

Italian bruschetta recipe, a posh and tasty Italian starter for any occasion. It might look simple, but it’s heavenly flavourful and tasty.

Bruschetta is an Italian starter dish consisting of grilled bread that is rubbed with garlic and olive oil and there are various toppings you can choose from.

The most famous one and most-loved must be the tomato topping, but other may include cheese of any type, peppers, black olives, basil, beans, cured meat and so on. It is all up to one’s taste and imagination, really.

Most Italian restaurants will have bruschetta as a starter dish or appetizer. Light, tasty and healthy, one can never go wrong with it. I opted for cherry tomatoes, red pepper, black olives and basil and I got a fantastic treat.

Who said that tasty food has to be fancy or expensive? I absolutely adore this starter and am sure you will want to have a try, it’s so easy.

Since l mentioned restaurants, can you believe that bruschetta can be so expensive? I mean, after all it’s just a few slices of bread and veggies, and they charge anything from £5 up? Really? That’s a rip off, l let you know.

With that money you can make some delicious bruschetta at home to feed the entire family, and the entire neighbourhood perhaps. I might be exaggerating, but still.

You can use any kind of bread for your bruschetta, there’s no right or wrong here. If you want to prepare it in advance, I would have all the ingredients cut up and stored in the fridge, and the bread slices baked, so that all you need to do before serving is assemble it.

In this way, they will still look as great as they taste. Pair them with a nice , and you have a nice Quick Chicken Liver Pâté and healthy combo to rock any party.

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Italian Bruschetta Recipe

Prep Time

10 mins

Cook Time

10 mins

Total Time

20 mins

 

Italian bruschetta recipe, a posh and tasty Italian starter for any occasion. It might look simple, but it's heavenly flavourful and tasty

Course: Appetizer

Cuisine: Italian

Servings: 2 servings

Calories: 292 kcal

Ingredients

• 4 slices of baguette
• 100 g cherry tomatoes
• 1/2 red pepper
• a handful of black olives
• 1 garlic clove
• 1 spring onion
• 1 1/2 tbsp extra virgin olive oil
• 1 tsp balsamic vinegar
• basil to decorate
• 1/2 tsp fine sea salt
• 1/2 tsp ground black pepper

Metric - US Customary

Instructions

1. Preheat the oven to 200 degrees C (390 degrees Fahrenheit).

2. Crush the garlic clove and rub each side of the baguette slices.

3. Drizzle some olive oil on top and bake for about 5-10 minutes until the baguette slices are crispy.
4. Transfer to a plate and set aside to cool.
5. Meantime, cut and deseed the cherry tomatoes and red pepper and add them to a bowl.
6. Chop the spring onion finely and slice the black olives.
7. Mix everything together, season with fine sea salt and ground black pepper and drizzle some extra virgin olive oil and balsamic vinegar.
8. Use a spoon to top the baguette slices.
9. Decorate with fresh basil.

Recipe Notes

• If you'd like to see the measurements in CUPS and OUNCES, please click on the US CUSTOMARY link.
• The amount of ingredients can be adjusted according to the number of servings you need, please click on the number of servings to change it.

Nutrition Facts

Italian Bruschetta Recipe

Amount Per Serving

Calories 292 Calories from Fat 108

% Daily Value*

Total Fat 12g 18%

Saturated Fat 2g 10%

Sodium 982mg 41%

Potassium 242mg 7%

Total Carbohydrates 37g 12%

Dietary Fiber 2g 8%

Sugars 3g

Protein 6g 12%

Vitamin A 24.7%

Vitamin C 61.8%

Calcium 5.5%

Iron 13.1%

* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.

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