Red-and-Green Bruschetta

Name: Red-and-Green Bruschetta
Prep time: 45 min
Cook time: 45 min
Total time: 45 min
Yield: 30
Cuisine: Mediterranean, Italian, European
Ingredients: 8 cornichons, thinly sliced lengthwise; 1 French baguette; 227 grams fresh mozzarella cheese, sliced; 1 large red bell pepper; 30 servings Dried Tomato Pesto

Red-and-Green Bruschetta requires approximately 45 minutes from start to finish. One portion of this dish contains roughly 3g of protein, 3g of fat, and a total of 71 calories. This recipe covers 3% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. This recipe serves 30. A mixture of bell pepper, baguette, mozzarella cheese, and a handful of other ingredients are all it takes to make this recipe so delicious. It works well as an inexpensive hor d'oeuvre.

Instructions

Cut baguette into 1/2-inch-thick slices; place on a baking sheet.

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Baguette

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Baking Sheet

Bake at 350 for 8 to 10 minutes or until golden; cool.

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Oven

Place bell pepper on an aluminum foil-lined baking sheet.

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Bell Pepper

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Aluminum Foil

Baking Sheet

Broil 5 inches from heat about 5 minutes on each side or until pepper looks blistered.

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Pepper

Place pepper in a heavy-duty zip-top plastic bag; seal and let stand 10 minutes to loosen skin. Peel pepper; discard seeds, and cut pepper into thin strips.

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Pepper

Seeds

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Ziploc Bags

Spread bread slices evenly with Dried Tomato Pesto. Top each with a mozzarella slice. Crisscross a pepper strip and pickle slice over cheese.

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Sun Dried Tomatoes

Mozzarella

Cheese

Pepper

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Bread

Pesto

Broil 5 inches from heat 2 to 3 minutes or until cheese melts.

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Cheese

Serve immediately.

* Substitute gherkin-style pickles for cornichons.

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Pickles

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Servings:

cornichons, thinly sliced lengthwise 1

French baguette 227grams

fresh mozzarella cheese, sliced 1large

red bell pepper 30servings

Dried Tomato Pesto

Recommended wine: Chianti, Trebbiano, Verdicchio

Chianti, Trebbiano, and Verdicchio are great choices for Italian. Italians know food and they know wine. Trebbiano and Verdicchio are Italian white wines that pair well with fish and white meat, while Chianti is a great Italian red for heavier, bolder dishes. You could try Caposaldo Chianti. Reviewers quite like it with a 5 out of 5 star rating and a price of about 13 dollars per bottle.