Description
A great summer appetizer featuring fresh tomato salsa on toasted Italian bread.
Ingredients
- 8 seeded, chopped roma (plum) tomatoes
- 5 leaves chopped fresh basil
- 2 cloves minced garlic
- 1 pinch dried oregano
- 1 dash crushed red pepper
- 1 pinch salt
- 1 pinch ground black pepper
- 1 tablespoon olive oil
- 1 (1 pound) loaf French or Italian-style bread
Instructions
- Preheat the oven broiler.
- Combine tomatoes
- basil
- garlic
- oregano
- red pepper
- salt
- pepper
- and olive oil in a mixing bowl. Use more olive oil
- if necessary
- to coat entire mixture. Allow mixture to sit for 10 minutes.
- Slice bread to 1/2-inch thickness; arrange on a baking sheet in a single layer.
- Place the baking sheet under the preheated broiler until bread slices are lightly browned
- about 1 minute per side.
- Remove the baking sheet from the oven. Spread tomato mixture on each piece of toasted bread. Return to the oven and broil until tomato mixture is hot but not cooked
- 2 to 3 minutes.
Prep Time: 20 mins
Cook Time: 5 mins
Total Time: 25 mins
Servings: 12