Tomato Basil Bruschetta

Enjoy this tasty appetizer before the “main event”! It’s bursting with delicious flavor and it’s a fresh and natural beginning to any meal.

I love these flavors so much, I have used them in another one of my go-to recipes, Tomato, Basil and Cheese Pasta (see image below).

Bruschetta

 

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Prep time

15 mins

Total time

15 mins

 

Author: Maryann Ridini Spencer

Recipe type: Appetizer

Serves: 4

Ingredients

• 1 sourdough crusty French baguette, sliced in ½" slices
• 5 Roma tomatoes, diced
• 3 garlic cloves, diced small
• 9 fresh basil leaves, chopped
• ½ c. Parmesan/Romano cheese, shaved
• 1 T. balsamic vinegar
• 4 T. extra virgin olive oil
• garlic powder (to taste)
• garlic salt and black pepper (to taste)

Instructions

1. In a large bowl, add in tomatoes, garlic, basil leaves, shaved cheese, oil and vinegar. Mix.
2. Add in garlic powder, garlic salt and pepper to taste.
3. Serve Bruschetta with baguette slices.
4. NOTE: If you'd like to toast the bread, put bread slices on a cookie sheet covered with oil. Sprinkle a little garlic salt over the top of each slice of bread. Bake in the oven at 450 degrees F for approximately 5 minutes until slightly golden. Remove immediately.

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