We explain the different kinds of bread used for bruschetta and crostini, and the various toppings likely matched up with each. Our recipe ideas will inspire you to expand your appetizer repertoire to include these perfect partners for extra virgin olive oil, sun-dried olives, fresh chopped tomatoes, wild mushrooms and more.
Bruschetta and crostini are versatile additions to an Italian antipasto. Try it! Put all ingredients, except the olive oil and black pepper, in your food processor and chop coarsely. Then drizzle in the olive oil and pulse to emulsify the ingredients. I had to read this over several times to be sure that when you meant bruschetta , you were referring to the tomato topping mixture and not the piece of bread itself.
I quote verbatim from John Mariani, author of The Dictionary of Italian Food and Drink: Bruschetta has always been a way to salvage bread that was going stale by adding oil and seaonings.
Sometimes the bread is entirely immersed in oil, but usually the oil is poured on the top after the bread is rubbed with a garlic clove. In recent years adding toppings, particularly chopped onions and tomatoes, has become popular in restaurants. As far as I know, bruschetta comes from the old roman verb bruscare which means to roast over coals.
You know those romans back then…. Thanks for the elucidation, Rowena! Shows what I know. Clearly I need to pick up my Italian lessons again soon…. Thanks for the info. You are commenting using your WordPress.
You are commenting using your Google account. You are commenting using your Twitter account. Scoop onto toasted baguette slices. Mexican Salsas can range from pico de gallo, which contains chopped tomatoes, onions and cilantro, to salsa roja, which is made with tomatoes, jalapenos, onions, minced garlic, and cilantro.
Absolutely perfect Pico de Gallo lives somewhere in between these two recipes. Here is mine. To that bowl of diced tomatoes add some chopped onion. Grab your sharpest knife and slice the halved onion on the horizontal. When complete it will look like this. Then slice on the vertical. Now you are prepared to cut from the top to form small diced onions. Add those to the bowl and move onto the Jalapenos.
Slice them in half, discard the tops and carve out the seeds, this is for milder Pico — if you are feeling adventurous keep the seeds. Cut the Jalapenos into slivers and then chop them into a small dice. Next, grab your Cilantro and chop it like the Italian parsley above.
Are you feeling the similarities? Toss it into the bowl and stir everything together gently. Looking Good. Now squeeze in your lime and add your salt. Good job. Serve with warm chips and you will have friends asking for your recipe. After that, it starts to break down turning into a soupy mess. Chop jalapenos, tomatoes and onions into a very small dice. Leave seeds in your jalapenos for a hotter pico.
Adjust amount of jalapenos to your preferred temperature. Next, chop up a nice-sized bunch of cilantro. Just remove and discard the long leafless stems before chopping. No need to remove the leaves from the stems completely. Place all of these ingredients together in a bowl and stir.
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