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Bruschetta Board
Built around baguette and tomatoes -- the method starts by toasting the baguette slices until golden.
Garlicky grilled bread heaped with ripe, basil-flecked tomatoes. Here it's built on baguette, tomatoes and ricotta -- a easy, Mediterranean recipe that starts by toasting the baguette slices until golden, and is ready in roughly 20 minutes.
Ready in 20 minutes -- genuinely doable on a weeknight.
An easy, forgiving method -- hard to get wrong on a first try.
Built around baguette, so the flavor comes from real ingredients, not a spice packet.
Ingredients
- 1 baguette, sliced and toasted
- 3 tomatoes, diced
- 1/2 cup ricotta
- 1/4 cup pesto
- 1/2 cup roasted red peppers, sliced
- 1/4 cup olive tapenade
- Fresh basil, olive oil, garlic clove, salt
Nutrition (estimated, per serving)
Calculated from this recipe's own ingredient list; treat as an estimate, not a lab measurement.
Method
Toast the baguette slices until golden, then rub with a halved garlic clove and drizzle with olive oil.
Prepare a few toppings for variety: mix the diced tomato with basil, a little olive oil, and salt for a classic version.
Put the ricotta, pesto, roasted peppers, and tapenade in separate small bowls.
Arrange the toasts on a big board with the bowls of toppings in the middle.
Top a few toasts ahead of time as examples - some tomato, some ricotta and pesto, some peppers.
Let everyone build their own by spreading and spooning toppings onto the warm toasts.
Serve immediately so the bread stays crisp.
The step worth not rushing: Prepare a few toppings for variety: mix the diced tomato with basil, a little olive oil, and salt for a classic version.
