Bruschetta

Bruschetta is a slice of toasted bread flavoured with oil, fats or garlic, to be eaten on its own as a snack or served with antipasto. The most common way of serving bruschetta is brushed with a clove of garlic and drizzled with a little extra-virgin olive oil. Another method is to spread the toast with good-quality pork lard or goose fat. In Lazio and Abruzzi, olive oil is drizzled over and a little chopped tomato and basil added. In Tuscany, bruschetta is called fettunta or panunto, meaning ‘greased slice of bread’ and it is usually made with an unsalted bread called pane sciocco (see Pane).