11 basic bruschetta Recipes

salt , plus more to taste, loosely packed basil leaves, loosely packed tender green herbs , such as thai basil, mint, parsley, summer savory, and/or tarragon, grated parmesan cheese, extra-virgin olive oil, plus more for drizzling, garlic, chopped, freshly ground pepper, basic bruschetta

olive oil, red, yellow, or orange sweet bell peppers, cored and thinly sliced, garlic, thinly sliced, sea salt, basil leaves, chopped, basic bruschetta, extra-virgin olive oil for drizzling

olive oil, red onion, diced, garlic, thinly sliced, eggplant, diced, sea salt, dried red chile flakes, freshly ground pepper, mint leaves, chopped, basic bruschetta, extra-virgin olive oil for drizzling

cleaned baby octopus (see notes ), red wine vinegar, salt , plus more to taste, olive oil, garlic, roughly chopped, anchovy fillet, chickpeas, drained and rinsed, dry white wine, basic bruschetta, extra-virgin olive oil for drizzling

tomatoes, garlic cloves, minced, shallot, minced, fresh basil leaf, chopped, fresh lemon juice, sea salt, black pepper, olive oil

garlic clove, olive oil, good bread , 3/4-inch thick preferably from a high quality round loaf

four 1/2-inch-thick slices sourdough or any italian country-style bread, olive oil, kosher salt and freshly ground black pepper, garlic clove, freshly grated parmigiano-reggiano cheese

tomatoes, quartered,seeded ,and minced fairly fine. (so they stay on the garlic bread really well!), vidalia onion, minced very fine, elephant garlic or 4 cloves regular garlic, minced very fine, chives or garlic sprouts, snipped fine to taste, extra virgin olive oil, balsamic vinegar, to taste (as we like it quite tart ), basil , to taste, oregano, black pepper

clean calamari, extra virgin olive oil plus 4 tablespoons, whole garlic, peeled, crushed hot chilies, dry white wine, basic tomato sauce , recipe follows, ramps , clean and whole, marjoram, leaves only, thick slices country bread