Bruschetta
Bruschetta is a beautiful summer appetizer of tomatoes, onion, garlic, fresh basil, and olive oil over flavorful, toasted bread slices.
Servings 6 (serves 4-6)
Calories 182kcal
Ingredients
Bread:
- 6-8 oz French baguette or Italian loaf
- 2-3 tbsp olive oil
- 1 garlic clove
- coarse sea salt or coarse kosher salt
Tomato Topping:
- 1.25 lbs vine tomatoes or Roma tomatoes, or cherry tomatoes
- 1/2 small red onion
- 1/4 cup fresh minced basil
- 1 garlic clove
- 2 tbsp olive oil
- coarse sea salt or coarse kosher salt
Instructions
Peel tomatoes (optional):
- Heat up a large pot of water and prepare a bowl with iced water. Bring the water to boil and set iced water bowl close to the stove.
- Slice a small x across the bottom of each tomato (not the part that attaches to the vine).
- Working in batches of 3 or 4 tomatoes, add them to the boiling water for 25-30 seconds. You will see the skin starting to peel off where it's sliced.
- Use a slotted spoon to take tomato out of the pot and into the ice bath. Once cooled after a few seconds, take them out onto the cutting board and peel the skin off with your hands. It should come off nice and easy.
- Dice tomatoes into small pieces.
Salt Tomatoes:
- Cut cherry tomatoes in half and cut other tomatoes into about 1/2 inch chunks. Place tomatoes into a strainer and place the strainer inside a wide bowl to catch the juices. Sprinkle tomatoes with salt, mix, and let them stand while you prepare the bread.
Toasting Bread:
- Preheat the oven to 425°. Don't line or grease a thin rimmed baking sheet.
- Slice baguette into thin slices and press a garlic clove into the olive oil. Mix oil and garlic very well.
- Brush each slice of bread with olive oil on both sides. Place the bread slices onto the rimmed baking sheet in one layer. Sprinkle some coarse salt over the bread and bake for 6-8 minutes, until golden brown.
- Take the bread out of the oven and cool on a wire rack.
Bruschetta Topping:
- Discard accumulated tomato juices or save it to make tomato vinaigrette.
- Combine diced tomatoes in a mixing bowl with minced basil, pressed garlic, and diced red onion. Stir in olive oil and taste to see if you need to add more salt.
- Top off each bread slice with some tomato topping and serve right away.
Nutrition
Calories: 182kcal | Carbohydrates: 19g | Protein: 4g | Fat: 11g | Saturated Fat: 2g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 1g | Monounsaturated Fat: 7g | Sodium: 179mg | Potassium: 276mg | Fiber: 2g | Sugar: 3g | Vitamin A: 840IU | Vitamin C: 14mg | Calcium: 37mg | Iron: 1mg