Tomato Bruschetta Valerie Style (Valerie Bertinelli)

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Ingredients

• 3 to 6 fat cloves garlic, chopped as finely as you like
• 2 large heirloom tomatoes, chopped, with their seeds and juice
• 10 leaves fresh basil, thinly sliced
• 1 ounce kalamata olives (about 8), pitted and quartered
• 1 tablespoon balsamic vinegar
• 1 tablespoon extra-virgin olive oil, plus more for the bread
• Kosher salt and freshly ground black pepper
• 1 baguette, sliced diagonally into 12 to 16 rounds

Details

Servings 6
Preparation time 20mins
Cooking time 25mins
Adapted from foodnetwork.com

Preparation

Step 1

Dump the garlic, tomatoes with their seeds and juice, basil, olives, balsamic vinegar, olive oil and some salt and pepper into a mixing bowl. Stir it up and let it sit until ready to serve.

Heat a grill pan over high heat. Brush both sides of the bread slices with some olive oil and grill until grill marks form, about 2 minutes; flip and grill on the other side, another 2 to 3 minutes. Arrange the bread on a serving platter and mound a heaping tablespoon of bruschetta mixture on top of each piece. Put any remaining tomato mixture in a small serving bowl and serve with the bruschetta.

Adapted from "One Dish at a Time: Delicious Recipes from My Italian-American Childhood and Beyond" by Valerie Bertinelli (c) Rodale 2012. Provided courtesy of Valerie Bertinelli. All rights reserved.