I made Bruschetta as part of my Italian Lunch Spread. It is quick and easy to put together and will serve well as a snack or starter of choice for unplanned guests. It is an almost no cook dish and the ingredients are usually available at home and this can help brighten up a meal by giving it that probably missing zing. Bruschetta is usually made with a baguette but I used the regular sandwich bread and topped it with tomatoes, garlic, vinegar and it turned out lip smacking if I may say so myself.
WHAT WE NEED
Sandwich Bread 5-6 slices
Tomatoes, medium 3-4
Garlic cloves, large 2
Vinegar 1 tbsp
Butter (optional) to toast the bread
Salt & Pepper
WHAT TO DO
- Make a small ‘x’ shaped insertion to the tomatoes with a knife
- Immerse the tomatoes in hot water for 5-7 minutes
- When the skin has loosened up, peel the skin off, deseed and chop the tomatoes finely
- Mince the garlic and mix it with the tomatoes
- Add vinegar, salt and pepper and mix well and set aside
- The bread slices need to be toasted to a crisp. It can either be toasted in a pop up toaster or on a pan
- If you are toasting it on a pan, apply little butter and toast till each side turns golden brown
- Then turn the gas to simmer and let the bread slices remain for a couple of minutes on the pan. This will make the slices very crisp
- Just before serving, top the bread slices with the tomato mixture and serve
- Enjoy!
I love this one and surely makes a great snack as well right!
Yes, it does…surprisingly my kid loved it too