Antipasti Recipes
 

 Bruscetta

There are many types of bruscetta, a form of antipasti from the Southern italian region. Bruscetta mainly involves special roasted or hard bread. This type calls for Tuscan bread, a kind of unsalted bread which originated in Tuscania, Italy.

Ingredients

• Tuscan bread
• Tomatoes or tomato sauce
• Garlic
• Oregano
• Basil
• Black Pepper
• Oil
• Salt

Directions

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees
• Slice out a few one centimeter thick slices from the Tuscan bread
• Put the Tuscan slices in the oven, until they become golden
• Slice tomatoes roughly one centimeter thick, slice into cubes
• Take the bread slices from the oven and rub them with garlic
• Lay the tomato on a thin layer of tomato sauce on the upper side of the bread
• Add oil, oregano, salt, black pepper, and two or three leaves of basil
• Serve hot