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Bruschetta and Crostini
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Ingredients:
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Grilled bread, doused with olive oil, scented with raw
garlic, finished with coarse salt—what can be better than
bruschetta (or crostini)? Add toppings and you have a
classic starter. Use thick slices of Italian-style bread—or
one of the home-baked European -so that the outside gets crunchy while the
inside stays moist.You can have this as a side dish for Thanksgiving Dinner.
- 8 thick slices rustic bread
- Extra virgin olive oil as needed
- 1 to 4 cloves garlic, halved or crushed
- Salt and freshly ground black pepper
How to make
Bruschetta and Crostini
Bruschetta and Crostini
- Heat a gas or charcoal grill or a broiler to medium high heat and put the rack about 4 inches from the heat source. Brush both sides of the bread lightly with oil, then grill or broil until lightly browned on both sides.
- Rub one or both sides of the bread with garlic. Put
the bread on a plate, then drizzle it with olive oil (a tablespoon
or so per slice is not too much); sprinkle with salt
and, if you like, pepper. Serve warm.
- Crostini.
- Until recently, these Italian-style croutons were
known in America as “toast points”: Cut the bread
into thinner, smaller slices so you have 16 to 24.
Brush them with oil and crisp them on a grill, under
a broiler, or in a 400°F oven until golden on all sides.
Rub them with garlic if you like and top them in any
of the ways that follow.
- Bruschetta or Crostini with Parmesan.
- For the broiler
instead of the grill, this offers lots of bang for the buck:
Omit the garlic, drizzle the bread with oil, and then
sprinkle it with grated Parmesan; run under the broiler
until the Parmesan just melts and serve immediately.
- Bruschetta or Crostini with Tomatoes and Basil.
- With good tomatoes, there’s nothing better: Core about a pound of ripe tomatoes, squeeze most of the seeds out, and coarsely chop them. If you have time, put them in a strainer for a few minutes to drain the excess water.
- When the bread is ready to cook, toss the tomatoes, about a cup of torn basil leaves, a drizzle of olive oil, and a sprinkle of salt together in a bowl. Top the bread with the mixture after rubbing the garlic on the bread in Step 2, sprinkle with pepper, and serve.
- MAKES: 4 servings
- TIME: About 20 minutes
- For the broiler
instead of the grill, this offers lots of bang for the buck:
Omit the garlic, drizzle the bread with oil, and then
sprinkle it with grated Parmesan; run under the broiler
until the Parmesan just melts and serve immediately.
- Until recently, these Italian-style croutons were
known in America as “toast points”: Cut the bread
into thinner, smaller slices so you have 16 to 24.
Brush them with oil and crisp them on a grill, under
a broiler, or in a 400°F oven until golden on all sides.
Rub them with garlic if you like and top them in any
of the ways that follow.
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Bruschetta and Crostini
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