Bruschetta with Warm Tomatoes

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Karry Hosford
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4 servings (serving size: 1 toast slice and about 1/3 cup tomato mixture)
By Deborah Madison
August 2004
RECIPE BY Cooking Light

Briefly heating the tomatoes intensifies their sweetness while preserving their bright, fresh flavor. Use any variety of small summer tomatoes you find at the market; for a gorgeous look, mix tomato colors and shapes, such as yellow and orange pear tomatoes paired with red grape tomatoes.

Ingredients

  • 2 1/2 cups grape, pear, or cherry tomatoes
  • 3 tablespoons thinly sliced fresh basil
  • 2 tablespoons finely chopped shallots
  • 2 teaspoons olive oil
  • 1/4 teaspoon sea salt
  • 1/4 teaspoon balsamic vinegar
  • 1/8 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
  • 1 garlic clove, minced
  • Cooking spray
  • 4 (1-ounce) slices ciabatta or sourdough bread
  • 1 garlic clove, halved

Nutritional Information

  • Calories 122
  • Caloriesfromfat 27%
  • Fat 3.6g
  • Satfat 0.6g
  • Monofat 1.9g
  • Polyfat 0.7g
  • Protein 3.5g
  • Carbohydrate 19.8g
  • Fiber 1.9g
  • Cholesterol 0.0mg
  • Iron 1.4mg
  • Sodium 319mg
  • Calcium 34mg

How to Make It

Step 1

Combine first 8 ingredients, and let stand 1 hour.

Step 2

Heat a medium nonstick skillet over medium heat. Coat pan with cooking spray. Add tomato mixture, and cook 10 minutes or until thoroughly heated, stirring occasionally. Remove from heat.

Step 3

Heat a grill pan over medium-high heat. Coat pan with cooking spray. Add bread; cook 2 minutes on each side or until toasted. Rub 1 side of each toast piece with the cut sides of garlic clove halves. Serve tomato mixture over toast.

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Ratings & Reviews

go to fav when having guests

kaxel1075
August 29, 2016
I love how quick and easy this appetizer is to make, and guests always love it.the only gripe is that if I plate it on the bread, it tends to get a bit soggy.I have served warm and cold and love both options.

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dnferny
March 14, 2013
This recipe turned out pretty good for me. I served this as an appetizer. 10 minutes seemed like a long time to heat the tomato mixture and after 8 minutes my basil was not looking anything like the uncooked basil in photo. The flavor was perfect. The bread grilled in a little olive oil was also very good.

kaxel1075's Review

cookinfabulous
August 01, 2011
very good, made for a party but used small pieces of french bread which i grilled also.

cookinfabulous's Review

davidz
January 02, 2009
This was a great way to use up a ton of grape tomatoes from our garden. I preferred to blanch the tomatoes first to remove the skins (they separate right in the pan and I just pull them out with a fork). Delicious, would be great appetizer for company.