Saturday, August 14, 2010

Cherry Tomato Bruschetta




It's officially tomato season! The tomatoes in the box are starting to arrive. This week's box brought a pint of cherry tomatoes as well as some regular tomatoes. The fresh basil from this week and last needed to be used up so this recipe was an obvious one.

Bruschetta is a great way to enjoy fresh tomatoes and it's the perfect summer appetizer. So the pint of cherry tomatoes were used to make this recipe.


Cherry Tomato Bruschetta
  • 1 pint cherry tomatoes, finely chopped
  • sundried tomatoes, finely chopped (just about 2 tablespoons)
  • 2 large cloves of garlic, minced
  • lots of fresh basil leaves, chopped
  • 3 Tbsp. olive oil
  • 1 Tbsp. balsamic vinegar
  • generous grind of freshly ground black pepper
  • pinch of salt
Mix all ingredients in a bowl and stir to mix. Let it sit in the fridge for awhile to marry the flavors. Let sit at room temperature for a bit prior to serving. Spoon the mixture onto baguette or bread slices which can be toasted or not. Enjoy with some white wine on a hot afternoon.

1 comment:

Scrumptious said...

I know, we have been getting a truly massive amount of tomatoes in the last couple of weeks! And then somehow I found myself at the farmer's market on Wednesday buying three more pints of gorgeous cherry tomatoes... to take home and put next to the FFTY pint I still had sitting on the kitchen table!

Time for cherry tomato jam... cherry tomato tart...