Tomato and Basil Bruschetta. Browse Our Fast & Easy Appetizers Recipes Collection. Chopped fresh tomatoes with garlic, basil, olive oil, and vinegar, served on toasted slices of French or Italian bread. Whisk together chopped garlic, vinegar, salt, pepper, and basil.

In fact, I only make bruschetta during the summertime, since ripe tomatoes are the number one key to making great bruschetta. At its best, bruschetta is light and crisp, covered in deep red tomatoes and full of fresh flavor. At its worst, bruschetta is soggy, pink and flavorless. You can have Tomato and Basil Bruschetta using 8 ingredients and 8 steps. Here is how you cook that.

Ingredients of Tomato and Basil Bruschetta

1. It's 12 of ripe cherry tomatoes.
2. You need 1 medium of red onion.
3. You need 2 of handfuls of basil.
4. It's 1 of garlic clove.
5. It's 1 of Salt to taste.
6. Prepare 1 of French bread stick.
7. It's 1/4 tsp of thick balsamic vinegar to drizzle over top of each bruschetta.
8. You need 1/4 tsp of of extra virgin olive oil or less depending on taste for each bruschetta.

Place bread oil side up on an ungreased baking sheet. Pulse until smooth, but somewhat chunky. Basil and tomatoes compliment each other beautifully and are usually overflowing in my garden in the late summer months. You can toast the bread in the oven or on the grill so you don't heat up the kitchen.

Tomato and Basil Bruschetta step by step

1. Cut up clove of garlic very finely and add to the bowl ..
2. Cut up cherry tomatoes, onion small dices, and Basil..
3. Put above ingredients in a bowl together , add a little salt, and a drizzle of olive oil.
4. Mix ingredients together, cover and refrigerate for a few hours..
5. Now ENJOY!!!.
6. Spoon the bowl of ingredients on to the slices of bread, and drizzle the balsamic vinegar over top..
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8. Heat a griddle pan, slice up stick bread, drizzle each side with some olive oil, when pan is hot put bread in till toasted on each side..

The toppings can be as humble or as luxurious as you like, from chopped herbs or a squashed tomato with basil, to marinated vegetables or beautiful cheeses, to lovely flaked crabmeat. The only rule is that whatever goes on top of a bruschetta should be nice and fresh and cooked with care. Delia's Bruschetta with Tomato and Basil recipe. Bruschetta is a very special type of toasted bread, pronounced brusketta. When I first tasted the real thing in Tuscany, it was one of the most memorable eating experiences of my life.