(Italian bruschetta with olive oil, garlic and tomatoes - Authentic Italian recipe)
Bruschetta al pomodoro
Italian bruschetta with olive oil, garlic and tomatoes
Italian tomato bruschetta recipe is well known around the world. To make a tasty bruschetta with chopped tomatoes on the top you'll need few but good-quality ingredients: bread slices from a loaf (possibly without salt), ripe tomatoes, garlic cloves, extra vergin olive oil, salt and pepper and, if liked, some basil leaves.
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- 4 slices Italian loaf (200g - 7 ounces)
- 2 fresh ripe tomatoes
- 2 garlic cloves
- 1 1/2 tablespoon extra virgin olive oil
- Salt
- Pepper, if desired
- Time:
preparation: 20 minutes
cooking: few minutes
total: 30 minutes - Difficulty:
easy recipe - Nutrition Facts (amount per serving):
Calories: 247 (kCal) 13 % GDA (*) - 1036 (kJ)
Protein: 9.0 (g) 18 % GDA
Total fat: 8.8 (g) 13 % GDA
Total carbohydrate: 30.2 (g) 12 % GDA
Sugars: 1.1 (g) 2 % GDA
Tomato bruschetta recipe
Wash the tomatoes and boil them for 1 minute. In this way you can peel them easily.
Peel the tomatoesand remove their seeds.
Drain them very well
in order to eliminate their juice. Simply overturn them on a tray.
Then chop the tomatoes.
Clean the cloves of garlic.
Toast both sides of the bread lightly.
On one side of each slice, rub a cut clove of garlic and sprinkle with salt and pepper, if desired.
Arrange the chopped tomatoes.
Brush with the olive oil.
Serve warm.
Note
- - "Bruschetta" (Italian toasts) is one of the best solutions for an afternoon snack or for opening your meal. It can also be a dinner, especially when a great variety of them can be prepared.
- - If you want, you can prepare the chopped tomatoes without peeling them. But remember to drain themvery well. In this case, the preparation time is shorter.
- - If you don't like garlic, you can substitute it with chives and basil.
