Easy Italian Bruschetta Recipe
If you are looking for a delicious party appetizer that you can make in less than 30 minutes, this Classic Italian Bruschetta recipe is for you. Featuring fresh tomatoes, garlic, and basil sitting on a delicious piece of French Bread toast, this recipe is a real crowd-pleaser!
In our family, we have a fancy Christmas Eve dinner and then go casual for Christmas Day meals. It is on Christmas Eve when we break out the good Christmas china, the eggnog, the comfort food side-dishes, the trifle, and the appetizers. This Homemade Italian Bruschetta is a Christmas Eve family favorite. Fresh tomatoes, garlic, and basil on a homemade piece of French Bread toast. So delicious and really easy to make. We have all the directions you’ll need to make a fancy-adjacent appetizer that will wow your family and party guests.
Ingredients you will need
- Bread: For a perfect bite-sized appetizer, we like to use the Freshly-Baked French Bread Baguettes from the Bakery section in the grocery store.
- Tomatoes: The better the tomatoes, the better the Italian Bruschetta. We use nice and ripe On-the-Vine Roma Tomatoes.
- Cheese: Classic Bruschetta tastes best with freshly grated Parmesan Cheese. But in a pinch, you could use some from pre-grated packages that you can find in the cheese section of the grocery store.
- Basil: You really are going to want Fresh Basil for this recipe, dried is just not going to taste as good.
How to Prepare the French Bread Toast
Step 1: Slice the French Bread and arrange it in a single layer on a cookie sheet.
Step 2: Cut a garlic clove in half and rub the cut side on each piece of bread.
Step 3: Use a Pastry Brush to lightly cover each bread slice with a tiny bit of olive oil.
Step 4: Put the bread under the broiler or in the Toaster Oven set to toast for a few minutes. Watch it carefully. You don’t want to burn the toast.
How to Make the Tomato, Garlic, and Basil Topping
Step 5: Cut and deseed the tomatoes and then dice them into small pieces Add the tomatoes to a medium-sized bowl. Don’t skip the deseeding step or the topping will be too wet.
Step 6: Chop the basil and add to the tomatoes. Then add the Parmesan cheese. Drizzle in the remaining olive oil and carefully mix together.
Step 7: Remove the lightly toasted French Bread from the oven and scoop the tomato mixture onto the bread. Top the Bruschetta with salt and pepper and serve.
Expert Tips and FAQ’s
Bruschetta is both things actually. Technically it is a piece of toast with some kind of a savory topping. The tomato, basil, and garlic topping we’ve used in our recipe is the classic topping that most people associate with the word Bruschetta.
Ideally, the toast should be hot and the tomato mixture should be room temperature. But the topping tastes just fine right out of the refrigerator too.
The fresher it is the better it is going to taste. Bruschetta will definitely taste best on the day you make it. But if have some left-over tomato and basil topping, you could store it in an air-tight container for up to 2-3 days.
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Easy Italian Bruschetta Recipe
If you are looking for a delicious party appetizer that you can make in less than 30 minutes, this Classic Bruschetta recipe is for you. Featuring fresh tomatoes, garlic, and basil sitting on a delicious piece of French Bread toast, this recipe is a real crowd-pleaser!
Ingredients
- 5-6 Roma Tomatoes (diced and deseeded)
- 4-5 Fresh Basil Leaves
- 1/4 cup Parmesan Cheese (shredded)
- Salt and pepper
- 1 clove Garlic
- 1/4 cup Olive Oil
- 1 loaf French Bread
Instructions
- Slice bread and arrange in a single layer on a cooking sheet.
- Cut a garlic clove in half and rub the cut side on each piece of bread. Use a Pastry Brush to lightly cover each bread slice with olive oil.
- Put the bread under the broiler or in the Toaster Oven to lightly toast it. Watch it carefully. You don’t want to burn the toast.
- Cut and deseed the tomatoes and dice into small pieces and add to a medium-sized bowl.
- Chop the basil and add to the tomatoes. Then add the Parmesan cheese. Drizzle in the remaining olive oil and carefully mix together.
- Remove the lightly toasted French Bread from the oven and scoop the tomato mixture onto the bread. Top bruschetta with salt and pepper and serve.
Notes
Ingredient Notes:
Bread: For a perfect bite-sized appetizer, we like to use the Freshly Baked Long French Bread Baguettes from the Bakery section in the grocery store.
Tomatoes: The better the tomatoes, the better the Bruschetta. We use On-the-Vine Roma Tomatoes.
Cheese: Classic Bruschetta tastes best with freshly grated Parmesan Cheese. But in a pinch, you could use some from pre-grated packages that you can find in the cheese section of the grocery store.
Basil: You really are going to want Fresh Basil for this recipe, dried is just not going to taste as good.
Did you Make this Recipe? Leave a review below, then snap a picture and tag @twosisterscrafting on Instagram so we can see it!
