Toasted Bread With Garlic And Oil Desserts Recipes

Ingredients :

8 slices

2

3 tablespoons

firm-textured white bread, in 1 cm thick

large whole cloves garlic

best quality extra virgin olive oil

salt to taste

freshly ground black pepper

Method :

1. In Tuscany, the new season's oil, just pressed, is used for this simple but delicious snack.

2. Ideally, the bread should be toasted over the glowing embers of a wood fire.

3. Otherwise, toast it in a preheated oven at 400^oF (200^oC), Gas 6 until crisp.

4. It is important that the bread dries out while toasting, which it won't if browned in a toaster.

5. Rub each slice all over with the garlic.

6. Arrange the toasted bread on a serving platter.

7. Season with salt and pepper and drizzle with the oil.

8. To make bruschetta, top each slice with about 2 tablespoons of diced and seeded ripe tomatoes and sprinkle with torn fresh basil leaves.

9. Other Tuscan toppings include lightly boiled, shredded dark cabbage leaves, and home-cooked cannellini beans.

Serves 4

Preparation        : 10 minutes

Cooking             : 05 minutes

Recipe grading    : very easy

Suggested wine  : a young, sparkling red (Vino Novello)

Note : 

Try to buy traditionally baked white bread, with a dense, ivory-colored crumb, such as a Tuscan loaf or French pain de champagne, a day or two in advance. Mass produced steam baked bread is not suitable.

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