Butter Bean Bruschetta

Call grilled bread ‘bruschetta’ and people feel excited about it, as if it was something sexy and fashionable, a Naomi Campbell among toasts. ‘You’re going to love this dish, it’s so Italian, so honest somehow. Shepherds adore to snack on it under the shadow of olive trees. Sit and eat with us.’ Pause. ‘Share.’

The crusty wheat flour peasant bread is held under one arm and sliced with a blade that unfolds from a bone handle, and then toasted over an open fire of vine trimmings. A cl