Classic Italian Bruschetta
Who doesn't love an authentic bruschetta! I am not messing with perfection so here it is just as it was intended to be!
Servings: 4 people
Ingredients
- 5 tomatoes ripe,medium sized, chopped
- 1 tsp minced garlic
- 6 basil leaves sliced thin
- 2 tsp balsamic vinegar
- Salt and pepper to taste
- 1 loaf Italian or french bread cut into 1 inch slices
- 1/4 cup butter (olive oil to make it vegan)
- Garlic powder to taste
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 375.
- Spread both sides of the slices of bread with butter and lay them on a baking sheet. (use olive oil instead to make it vegan)
- Bake for 10 minutes or until golden. Flip over.
- Sprinkle a small amount of garlic powder over the bread and place back in the oven for another 5 minutes or until this side is also golden.
- While bread is baking, prepare the tomatoes.
- Quarter the tomatoes and take out all the seeds, give a good rinse.
- Chop the tomatoes into small pieces.
- In a bowl mix the tomatoes, minced garlic, basil, balsamic vinegar, salt and pepper.
- I like to serve the bread in one dish and the tomatoes in another so that the tomatoes don't turn the bread soggy if sitting on there too long.
- If serving these at a gathering be sure to keep tomato mixture chilled.