Tomato Basil Bruschetta (Italian pronunciation-brusketta)- it is usually served as a snack or an appetizer. It consists of roasted French bread or baguette topped with extra virgin olive oil, tomato, basil, garlic, salt, and pepper. I have made some changes according to my taste (don’t I always 😉 ) and added onions and capsicum for color and taste.

You can easily make these for a large batch and prepare different toppings in advance to serve as an appetizer or you can turn it into a light lunch as we did.

It’s a very simple recipe (this type is my favorite-minimum effort, great results). Look for really red and perfectly ripe tomatoes and chop them as nicely as you can as it is the main ingredient in Bruschetta and really dominates the taste. Hot bread topped with tomato mixture and cheese. Hmm….    yummy. Need I say more.

How to make Tomato Basil Bruschetta
Preparation time: 5 minutes
Cooking time: total of 15 minutes
makes around 12 slices
ingredients:
1 loaf French bread or baguette
3 ripe red tomatoes diced
7-8 basil leaves chopped
2 cloves garlic minced
1 onion chopped
½ yellow capsicum chopped
3-4 olives chopped
salt and ground black pepper to taste
½ tsp oregano
chopped coriander (cilantro) leaves (optional)
¼ cup extra virgin olive oil
3 tbsp shredded mozzarella cheese

To make Tomato Basil Bruschetta

Preheat the oven at 180 C for 10 minutes. In a large bowl combine tomato, basil, onion, garlic, olives,  yellow capsicum. Season this with oregano, salt, and black pepper. Allow this mixture to sit for at least 30 minutes for all the flavors to blend well.

Cut the bread diagonally into slices.

Drizzle with olive oil on both sides. On a wire rack or baking sheet arrange the slices in a single layer and let them grill for 5 minutes until slightly brown and crisp. You can also toast your slices but grilling is a better option.

Spread the tomato mixture evenly over baguette slices.

Top the slices with mozzarella cheese and put back in the oven for 5 minutes to melt the cheese.

Sprinkle a few drops of olive oil before serving. Serve hot.
tips:
you can add minced garlic in tomato mixture or you can rub it on hot toasted slices.

My kids love these Tomato Basil Bruschetts as After School Snacks also.

Tomato Basil Bruschetta

Bruschetta makes a yummy appetizer perfect to serve your guests or as a light snack with soup.

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Course: Appetizer, snacks

Cuisine: Italian

Keyword: crowd pleaser recipe, recipe for beginners

Prep Time: 10 minutes

Cook Time: 0 minutes

baking time: 10 minutes

Servings: 12 slices

Author: Nidhi

Equipment

OTG

Cheese grater

Glass Bowl

Ingredients

• 1 loaf French bread or baguette
• 3 ripe red tomatoes diced
• 7-8 basil leaves chopped
• 2 cloves garlic minced
• 1 onion chopped
• ½ yellow capsicum chopped
• 3-4 olives chopped
• salt and ground black pepper to taste
• ½ tsp oregano
• chopped coriander cilantro leaves (optional)
• ¼ cup extra virgin olive oil
• 3 tbsp shredded mozzarella cheese

Instructions

• Preheat the oven at 180 C for 10 minutes.

Prepare tomato Basil mixture

• In a large bowl combine tomato, basil, onion, garlic, olives, yellow capsicum.
• Season this with oregano, salt, and black pepper.
• Allow this mixture to sit for at least 30 minutes for all the flavors to blend well.

Toast-Bread

• Cut the bread diagonally into slices.
• Drizzle with olive oil on both sides.
• On a wire rack or baking sheet arrange the slices in a single layer and let them grill for 5 minutes until slightly brown and crisp.
• You can also toast your slices but grilling is a better option.

Prepare Bruschetta

• Spread the tomato mixture evenly over baguette slices.
• Top the slices with mozzarella cheese and put back in the oven for 5 minutes to melt the cheese.
• Sprinkle a few drops of olive oil before serving. Serve hot.

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Notes

you can add minced garlic in tomato mixture or you can rub it on hot toasted slices.

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