Italian · Tuscany
Bruschetta
Bruschetta is toasted bread rubbed with raw garlic, drenched in your best extra virgin olive oil, and finished with ripe tomatoes. The bread is everything — a wide-crumbed, substantial loaf like pane di Altamura or a Tuscan salt-free pane sciocco. The tomatoes should be in peak season. The olive oil should be peppery, green, and freshly pressed if possible. This is not a canape — it is a meal when done correctly.
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8 slices
sourdough bread
1 cm thick
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80 ml
extra virgin olive oil
first cold-pressed
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4 cloves
garlic
whole
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400 g
12 leaves
8 g
sea salt
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2 g
Tellicherry black pepper
freshly ground
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2 g
Aleppo pepper
optional, for finish
Not yet stocked in British Columbia
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The Method
1
Brush both sides of sourdough slices with 60 ml olive oil and arrange on a grill pan or baking sheet.
2
Toast bread over medium-high heat (or under a broiler) until golden-brown and crisp on both sides (3 minutes total).
3
Immediately rub one whole garlic clove across the top surface of each warm slice until fragrant; the bread will abrade the garlic naturally.
4
Toss diced tomato with remaining 20 ml olive oil, 6 leaves basil torn by hand, sea salt, and black pepper in a small bowl (2 minutes); taste and adjust seasoning.
5
Top each garlic-rubbed bread slice with approximately 30 g of tomato mixture using a slotted spoon to avoid excess liquid.
6
Garnish each bruschetta with remaining basil leaves and finish with Aleppo pepper if desired; serve immediately while bread is still warm.
IV
Sensory Tests
◇Where it lives or dies. The moment where bruschetta lives or dies is the temperature contrast — hot, charred bread, cool, room-temperature tomato. The warmth of the toast meets the sharp acidity of the dressed tomatoes. Do not refrigerate the tomatoes. Do not serve immediately from the grill without the garlic rub. The sequence is: grill, rub garlic, anoint with oil, spoon tomatoes, serve within 90 seconds.
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Bushmills Malt 10 Year Old
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