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Sun 24 Aug, 2003 04:45 pm
Bruschetta is so perfect for august when the local (or your garden) tomatoes are ripe and sweet and herbs are fresh.
Salsa Fresca:
2 cups sweet and small tomatoes (like grape tomatoes) finely diced
1/3 cup olive oil
1/3 cup balsamic vinegar (I'm guessing on the measurement for oil and vinegar)
1 large handlful of fresh basil leaf - chopped
leaves from 4" sprig of fresh rosmary - minced
4-5 sprigs of fresh parsley - minced
leaves from 6-8" of fresh thyme - crushed (between fingers as you're picking them off the stems)
1/3 cup toasted (careful not to burn them!) pine nuts - chopped
1/4 tsp salt
Foundation Bread:
lightly toasted bread slices in a 2-3" size-range
clove of garlic
Toss all ingredients of salsa in a non-metalic bowl and let sit while you toast the bread. Slice the edge off a clove of garlic - the long way. Rub open side of the clove onto bread - you can do a quick rub for less garlic flavor and more for it to be stronger.
Laddle salsa with liquids onto bread and enjoy! Keep plenty of napkins around.
hahaha, there you are again!