This recipe is a great appetizer or “salad” dish to accompany your main course. Because you are making crostini toasts from the bread, this is a great way to use leftover bread. Or you can make it from store made crostini crackers or fresh bread.
When I was a law clerk in Jersey City, there was an Italian deli called Cupo’s. Unfortunately, they have now retired, but every Tuesday and Thursday, they would serve a delicious dish called Bruschetta Chicken. The line would be out the door. I would order the large so that I could have lunch and dinner out of the same meal. You can take the bruschetta topping below and add it to grilled chicken (or breaded chicken) to enjoy a taste of Cupo’s!
Easy Bruschetta
Course: Appetizers, SaladCuisine: ItalianDifficulty: Easy4
servings15
minutes5
minutes300
kcalIngredients
- Bruschetta Topping
1 large ripe tomato
1 small purple onion
10 leaves of fresh basil
1 tsp granulated garlic
1 TBS balsamic vinegar
1 tsp olive oil
1/4 cup parmesan cheese
Salt and pepper
- Toast for base of bruschetta
1 loaf French bread
2 tsp olive oil (if you can find garlic or basil infused olive oil, use that)
2 cloves of garlic cut in half
Directions
- Bruschetta Topping – make ahead
- Dice the tomato into small bite-sized pieces. Add to a bowl with a lid.
- Dice the onion into small bite-sized pieces. Add to the bowl.
- Chiffonade the basil leaves. Add to the bowl.
- Add balsamic vinegar, olive oil, parmesan cheese, and salt and pepper.
- Mix. Put on the lid to the bowl. Put in the refrigerator for an hour.
- Bruschetta Toast
- Preheat oven to 400 degrees.
- Thinly slice your French bread. Place on a baking sheet.
- To a small bowl, add the olive oil.
- Using a pastry brush, brush the olive oil onto both sides of the bread.
- Using the cut side of the garlic cloves, rub the cloves on both sides of the bread.
- Bake the bread slices for 3-5 minutes or until crispy.
- Assembling the bruschetta
- You can either serve the crostini along side the salad, or add a scoop of salad mixture to each crostini slice.
Notes
- This is a great party recipe because you can make the salad and crostinis in advance.
- Infused olive oil is a great way to add depth of flavor to the crostini. One local store will ship the olive oil right to you: https://bluemoonoliveoil.com/.
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