Bruschetta
This recipe is fairly simple, yet will impress everyone at the table and make any dinner fancy. I've also made the Balsamic reduction completely sugar-free - sugar is really unnecessary with the sweetness of balsamic reduction.
Ingredients
- 1 cup balsamic vinegar
- 1 French bread baguette cut into rounds
- 1/3 cup olive oil
- 3 garlic cloves minced
- 1/2 tsp Red pepper flakes
- 2-4 oz Parmesan wedge grated, optional
- 3 cup Cherry tomatoes quartered
- 2 handfuls fresh basil roughly chopped
- salt and pepper to taste
Instructions
- Place balsamic vinegar in a small saucepan and bring to a simmer on the stove. Simmer until liquid has reduced by about half, while stirring occasionally to prevent burning. Keep warm until use - reduction will thicken significantly when it cools.
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
- Place 1/4 cup olive oil in a small bowl and add the minced garlic. Brush the garlic olive oil mixture on each bread round and place on a cookie sheet.
- Place the cookie sheet on the top rack and toast the bread rounds until they start to turn gold on the edges - about 10 minutes.
- Meanwhile in another bowl, mix the quartered cherry tomatoes, roughly chopped basil, remaining olive oil, red pepper flakes, and a little salt and pepper.
- Place the toasted bread rounds on a nice plate. Add a heaping spoonful of the bruschetta to each bread round.
- Carefully drizzle the balsamic reduction over the bread rounds topped with bruschetta. Just drizzle it straight from the saucepan, if you try to put it in another container it will just harden too much to work with.
- Optionally, grate some fresh parmesan over the bruschetta.
Notes
Nutrition
Nutrition Facts
Bruschetta
Amount per Serving
Calories
130
% Daily Value*
Fat
7.8
g
12
%
Saturated Fat
2.3
g
14
%
Cholesterol
7
mg
2
%
Sodium
96
mg
4
%
Potassium
115
mg
3
%
Carbohydrates
10
g
3
%
Fiber
0.7
g
3
%
Sugar
5.5
g
6
%
Protein
4
g
8
%
Calcium
93
mg
9
%
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.
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