Tomato and Basil Bruschetta Recipe

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Submitted by BothFex

"My first culinary "success." This recipe came from a great book _Cucina Amore_, and is often requested by friends and family."

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Whisk together chopped garlic, vinegar, salt, pepper, and basil.
When combined slowly drizzle in oil.
Add tomatoes and let sit for 20 minutes at room temp.
Meanwhile back at the bat cave, toast the bread.
This can be done either in the toaster (if it's got really wide slots) or under the broiler (if using this method watch closely so it doesn't become a brickette).
When the bread is toasted rub each piece, on one side, with the whole garlic pieces.
Place the bread on a cookie sheet and top with tomato mixture.
Sprinkle on a little cheese and broil till the cheese melts (you can skip that last broiling bit and it's equally as wonderful).
Serve immediately.
The tomato mixture also makes a wonderful vinegrette for an antipasto salad.
Enjoy!

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Nice and easy! This has great flavor, and eye appeal. It was easy to put together and bake. I followed your directions and did not alter anything in the recipe. A nice variety of flavors and textures. Thanks for sharing this recipe. I will be using this one again!

Miss Annie

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Delicious bruschetta!!! What an amazing, tasty appetizer & so easy to pull together. Your family or guests will be amazed because this bruschetta is equal, if not better than any you will find prepared by the best Italian restaurants. I made some simple adjustments by adding 1/3 cup of finely diced red onion & also upped the balsamic to 1 tablespoon. For the best taste, use the finest EXTRA virgin olive oil you can find (or afford!) & you will feel like you are in Italy!

Jodi B.
forgot to add my stars!

lizeroo
Loved this!!! Had four slices for dinner last night with fresh tomatoes and basil from my deck garden!!

dgpat
Excellent recipe. I've made it several times. I've even thrown in a few extra veggies (celery, cucumber, etc) and made the sauce into pasta salad. Actually, I think the sauce would make good Italian dressing, too.<br/><br/>Very versatile and good!

TAHINAZ

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Thanks for the excellent recipe. I added one small chopped onion and used a full tablespoon of vinegar. I also tossed the tomato mixture with 1/4 c. Parmesan instead of broiling the bread. This will certainly appear on our table again!

A Messy Cook
Yummyyyy this is very good and easy bruschetta and it s going to be repeated in our house many other times.I used 2 teaspoon dried basil instead of 2 tablespoon fresh basil and instead of kosher salt i used normal salt. Thanks for posting.

Charmy
YUMMM I used grape tomatoes instead of romas because that's what I had on hand, but I have to say I'd make it the same way again. Took advice from another user and used garlic powder on bread instead of rubbing garlic onto the bread. Very good recipe - will definitely use over and over. Thanks for posting!

sarahdesautels
These were great! I cheated a little was I was running out of time and used Olive Oil spray and garlic powder on the toast instead of rubbing it with garlic and it was still great. I'll try it with rubbing the fresh garlic on next time. Thanks for the great recipe!

Tahiti Girl
HOOooolllllyyyy!!This is amazing! I even use this vinaigrette base as a salad dressing and replace the bread with a head of lettuce. Thanks for sharing!

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Living in Oregon wine country working as a personal chef and caterer.

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