Aquinas’ Brilliant Bruschetta Recipe

INGREDIENTS:

• ½ red onion
• 2 tomato
• 8 basil leaves
• 1/3 sour dough bread
• 2 Tab olive oil
• 2 Tab balsamic vinegar
• 2 clove garlic
• Salt and pepper to season
• Flat leaf parsley to garnish
• 1-piece feta/goats cheese to garnish

METHOD:

1. Wash tomato and basil.
2. Prepare mise en place:
   – brunoise onion
   – concasse tomato
   – macedoine tomato
   – chiffonnade basil leaves
   – crush garlic
   – slice bread lengthways
   – cut bread into even pieces.
3. Mix olive oil with crushed garlic in a metal bowl and season with salt and pepper as required.
4. Brush both sides of bread with garlic and oil mix and place on a baking tray.
5. Cook brushed bread for 15 minutes in preheated moderate oven (180°C).
6. Place bread on wire rack to cool.
7. Mix prepared tomato, remaining olive oil, balsamic vinegar, onion and basil in a bowl.
8. Top the bread with tomato mixture.
9. Garnish and serve.