Bruschetta

                                   Recently i have been to Olive garden to try italian dishes. we tried many dishes like bruschetta, bread stick, soup, ravioli, crispy risotto bites,eggplant parmigiana. Me and my husband like bruschetta a lot. I searched for the recipe on net and thought of trying it in home. The ingredients are very simple and easy to prepare.The crunchy bread and juicy tomato topping is awesome.

Ingredients:

French baguette - 1
Roma tomatoes - 4
Garlic - 1 cloves
Basil - 1 tbsp
Olive oil - 1 tbsp
Red onion(big)- 2 tbsp
Pepper - 1 tsp
Salt - as per taste
Dry Oregano - 1 tsp
Dry thyme - 1 tsp

Recipe:

* Chop tomato into medium size pieces.

* Chop onion and garlic into very fine pieces.

* Chop basil into fine pieces.

1. Cut the french loaf into 1" or 2 inch slices.

2. Pre heat conventional oven to 350 degree .Place the sliced bread on the baking tray and spray oil on both side . Bake it for 5 minutes on both side. After baking, the bread should be crispy and crunchy in texture.Cool it and transfer it to a plate.

3.In a bowl,add chopped tomato chunks ,onion,garlic,basil,pepper,salt,oregano and thyme.Mix well and rest it for 5 minutes.

4. Serve baked bread in a plate and tomato mix in a bowl or serve the bread with tomato topping on it.

Note:

* We can use any french loaf.Plain or flavored one.

* We can also sprinkle some cheese on top.

* To make the tomato mix more tastier,we can add canned tomato and sun dried tomatoes to the mix.

* We can also use fresh oregano and thyme.