Fresh& easy bruschetta🥖🍅🌿

Such a quick and simple, but delicious appetizer or snack. Absolutely one of my favorites to make.

Ingredients:
• 1/4 cup extra virgin olive oil
• 3-4 cloves of minced fresh garlic
• 4-5 tomatoes, diced, you can use roma, heirloom, Campari, cherry tomatoes or a combination!
• 1/4 cup finely shredded parmesan cheese
• 1 TB balsamic vinegar, or more to taste
• 3/4 tsp kosher salt, then more to taste
• 1/2 tsp freshly ground black pepper
• 1/4 cup chopped basil ribbons (just rolled basil leaves, then sliced)
• 1 loaf of crusty French bread

1. To start, I sliced the French bread and placed on a baking sheet. Drizzled the bread in olive oil and rubbed half a garlic clove on the top of the bread.

2. I toasted the bread slices at 400* for 10-15 min, flipping half way through. Until they had a beautiful golden crust!

3. For the tomato mixture, I began by heating the olive oil in a small skillet or saucepan over medium-low heat.

4. Then I added the minced garlic and saute until fragrant. Only about a minute! This goes fast.

5. I poured the garlic and olive oil mixture into a large mixing bowl and let cool while I chopped the tomatoes and basil.

6. Once cooled, add tomatoes into bowl.

7. Then, add parmesan, basil, balsamic vinegar, salt and pepper. Toss mixture well.

8. Serve right away over your bread (spoon some of the juices along with it). Garnish with more parmesan and balsamic vinegar if desired.

😉 enjoy!
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