Quick Bruschetta Tips and Recipes
I was in a check-out line yesterday, when the man behind me ruefully surveyed his purchases and remarked that he was going to try to make bruschetta. The clerk and the other woman in line chuckled. He and I left the store at the same time, and he explained that, recently widowed, he was trying to cope in the kitchen. A relative had given him the recipe for a very basic bruschetta, but even that scared him. It was simply to put chopped fresh tomatoes and basil on toasted slices of Italian bread. He wanted to know if he could add other things, especially onions, which he liked, or if he mastered the first steps he could find ways to make it into a full meal that he could always depend on having on hand.
It got me thinking. As I have often said on this blog, in cooking, once you’re willing to think outside the box, the sky’s the limit. I advised him to oven toast the bread, lightly oiling one side before to give it more flavor and texture. Of course he can add onion, but I would advise using it in large dice and microwaved first in a bit of oil for about 2 mins. not raw. Garlic too, would be a nice addition, but again roasted, jarred or powdered not raw. Bruschetta flavors depend on balance and shouldn’t be over powered by any one ingredient. Of course, in cold weather, dried basil, and oregano which also fits well, can be used, so long as they are allowed time to meld with the other ingredients. Actually, the only raw ingredient should be the tomatoes, but even they can be replaced by canned diced in a pinch.
As for adding other ingredients to vary the taste, peppers, treated as the onions or jarred, black and/or green olives or capers are all options. Cheeses are others. A garnish of shaved Parmesan is welcome and the bread could first be spread with cream cheese. As a canapé the topping can be served poured over a brick of cream cheese with the bread on the side or the assembled bruschetta can be finished with a cheese of choice and run under the broiler until it melts.
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So my answer to the man who wanted to know if trying to make bruschetta would be a positive step in learning to cook for himself is a huge YES! It’s a perfect example of how approaching culinary problems with an open mind can lead to any number of solutions.
