Appetizers Wednesday

Bruschetta, An Amazing Appetizer

Bruschetta

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When one is entertaining the hardest the thing to do is to choose the menu.  The appetizers before the main course present a challenge to us, for one we want to make these dishes ahead of the occasion to save time. That is why we need to choose simple and appealing appetizers. One of the things I love to do to entertain is bruschetta. Bruschetta is a dish that it can have as many or as little ingredients you want and the main thing you need to have handy is the bread. When I do the bruschetta the bread I preferably use is French Baguette, but you can use any type of bread such as Italian bread or any other sourdough bread. Here is my recipe:

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1 French Baguette, cut into halves and then squared

3 or 4 Cloves of garlic grated or mashed.

¼ Cup of olive oil plus 1 tablespoon

1 Medium-sized red onion

3 Roman tomatoes, seeded and diced

3 tablespoons of cilantro, fresh

3 tablespoons of basil, fresh (it can substituted by dried basil but need to use less, 1 tablespoons)

Pinch of salt

1 teaspoons of black pepper

Cut the baguette into 4x4 inches sized squares and leave it on the side. Take the garlic and the ¼ cup olive oil and mix, spread this concoction on the squared-piece bread. Toast the bread in a large skillet; I usually use a griddle pan. Meanwhile, put together the tomatoes, onion, cilantro, basil, salt and black pepper, mix really well and spread in the squared toasts. Ta Da there you’d have an amazing and not overworked appetizer.