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Definition of bruschetta
: thick slices of bread grilled, rubbed with garlic, drizzled with olive oil, often topped with tomatoes and herbs, and usually served as an appetizer
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Try this savory compote atop your cabbage steaks, or use it for bruschetta or pasta.
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Menu: * Reception: Old Cuban (Baccardi Ocho and Mionetto Prosecco). * First course: Campari tomato bruschetta.
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Serve it with grilled fish this summer, or use it as a dip for vegetables or pita chips or as a topping for a Spanish version of bruschetta.
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The Art Deco bar is packed with tanned locals, who come to sip Vitkin Syrah and snack on the generous, free bruschetta and olives.
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As darkness falls, stroll over to Bar Acuda for garlicky bruschetta topped with local tomatoes, grilled flank steak banderillas with black pepper-pineapple jam and other small plates.
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And at Chai Pani in Asheville, N.C., chef Meherwan Ihrani will turn Bhindi Masala, or spicy okra, into a bruschetta topping, brushing griddled bread with ghee and sprinkling crushed pistachios and fresh cilantro over the top.
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The bruschetta, green apple, and brie tower is finished with walnuts sweetened with a sugar-and-vinegar mixture concocted in a saucepan and poured over the nuts, which are then baked.
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Origin and Etymology of bruschetta
Italian, from Italian dialect (Tuscany), from bruscare to toast, burn, probably from Vulgar Latin *brusicare, frequentative of *brusare, *brusiare to burn
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