Local Bites: Bruschetta: A Classic Italian Recipe

Bruschetta: A Classic Italian Recipe
Trip: Italy- Tuscany & Italy/Austria- Innsbruck to Lake Garda

SERVES: 6-8

Bruschetta

Ingredients

1. 1 loaf of Italian Bread

2. Extra-virgin olive oil

3. Clove of fresh garlic

4. Sea salt (Koser salt works as well)

5. 4 roma tomatoes

6. Fresh basil leaves

Method:

1. Traditionally cooked over a hot charcoal fire, grill thick slices of Italian bread.

2. When toasted on both sides, rub the bruschetta with a cut clove of fresh garlic, drizzle on extra-virgin olive oil, sprinkle with sea salt (you can use Kosher salt as well)

3. When tomatoes are in season, you can finely chop them with fresh torn basil leaves, olive oil, salt and pepper and use them to top the grilled garlic bread. You can also grill the bread on a gas grill or toast it in the oven or under the broiler, but the flavor over charcoal is the best.

Additional Ingredients:

Tapenade or rough chopped Mediterranean olives with garlic, lemon, capers and anchovy paste
Marinated artichoke hearts
Thin slivers of Parmigiano Romano
Sautéed wild mushrooms
Porcini mushrooms (in season) with lemon juice and truffle oil
Cannellini bean dip
Mascarpone and figs (in season), topped with a thin slice of prosciutto
Small cocktail shrimp sautéed with garlic, olive oil, lemon and capers
Goat cheese and roasted red peppers
Pesto
Hot Italian peppers with feta cheese
Grilled eggplant, goat cheese and basil oil

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