Bruschetta - Part 2

Our land, Puglia, is renowned for its traditional baked foods such as wheat bread, biscuits, frise and taralli.

And Puglia, like the rest of Italy, has been enjoying bruschetta for centuries. Bruschetta is a simple dish, quick to prepare and typical of our land's rustic tradition. Our fathers used to toast slices of homemade bread, over the embers of their fires; simply pouring on some olive oil, locally produced by cold-pressing olives on stone mills.

In our first recipe we have added tomatoes and oregano to the extra-virgin olive oil.

In this second recipe we will add another popular food from the rustic tradition: artichokes in oil.

So how do we prepare Bruschetta?

Take a slice of bread and toast it on both sides under a hot grill for about 5 minutes.

Then add:

extra-virgin olive oil

salt

oregano

finely chopped tomatoes

artichokes in oil

fresh rocket

Rocket is not essential. However, it makes the dish look and taste more lively and peppery. If you wish, you could also arrange it on the side of the dish, next to the bruschetta rather than on top.

See you later for next recipe. And you can also send us your own recipe to press@fornopronto.it

Bruschetta - Part 1

Bruschetta is a simple Italian dish and comes from its peasant traditions. Originating from the need to conserve bread, nowadays it is served mainly as a quick starter.

It consists of a slice of rustic bread, cut and toasted (from Italian 'bruscato') in the oven or under the grill.  A variety of ingredients can be used as toppings, the most common being extra-virgin olive oil, with chopped tomatoes or on its own.

Now about our recipe. We have sliced some bread and toasted it, on both sides, under a hot grill for 5 minutes. We have then prepared the topping by mixing:

finely chopped cherry tomatoes

extra-virgin olive oil

salt

oregano

We have then spread the topping on the slice of bread with a spoon.

Buon appetito!

How do you like your bruschetta?