Wednesday, December 15, 2010

Bruchetta!

This recipe is simple quick and easy not to mention delicious!
I get all of my ingredients from Fresh & Easy but you can get them from any high quality distributor.
6-8 Roma style tomatoes I like the ones on the vine that smell like tomatoes. This is very important that they smell like tomato or they won't have enough flavor.
2 or more whole cloves of garlic grated fine preferable with a rasp(tool used to zest a lemon)
6-8 leaves of fresh Basil I used the potted basil plant from F & E
Fresh cracked black pepper to taste
Kosher salt to taste
Extra Virgin Olive oil

Cut all the tomatoes in half and take out the seeds. Place them in a food processor and pulse until slightly chunky or chop them finely by hand. Add salt to taste at this point it will make the tomatoes lose some of their water you can leave or drain depending on what consistency you like.
Grate the garlic and snip the basil in to the tomato as well or slice in thin strips (chiffonade)
add the fresh pepper taste. It should be a little spicy from the garlic, pepper and basil start with less garlic and basil and add more in to make it to your taste. once you have the flavor that you like add a drizzle of olive oil and mix in.
Slice a baguette thinly and bake at 425 until light golden brown and crunchy. Rub with a clove of fresh garlic. Top the baguette with the bruchetta!
You can also use the bruchetta as a pasta topping as well boil some spaghetti and add bruchetta while it is warm sprinkle with Parmesan cheese.

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