Name: Bruschetta-style tomato mozzarella toast
Prep time: 5 min
Cook time: 5 min
Total time: 10 min
Ingredients: 1 slice bread (I use Japanese milk bread for its taste and fluffiness); 1 clove garlic; 2 teaspoons extra virgin olive oil; 5 baby mozzarella balls; 5 cherry tomatoes (chopped); fresh basil; 1 pinch flaky sea salt (or fine sea salt)

Bruschetta-style tomato mozzarella toast makes the perfect breakfast or lunch in less than 15 minutes. Perfectly seasoned bread and tomatoes with milky mozzarella, this is easy and delicious.

I am dreaming of Fall and apple recipes, but at the same time I’m trying to cherish these last Summer days. These past two weeks I’ve been slowly cleaning out our tiny freezer, to prepare it for some plums and berries. I also made plum jam, 8 jars of plum jam to be exact. I cannot wait to dig into them, but we only opened one for a taste test (it’s delicious) and I’m saving the rest for colder months.

While I wait for plum jam (and here’s a quick jam recipe if you’re into jamming), there’s still so much I can get out of Summer. And tomatoes and peppers are at the top of the list! This toast I’m sharing today might even be too simple of a recipe, or a how-to, to share. But you know how much I love simple lunches. And we’ve been having this so much, that I just have to show it to you.

About the recipe

It’s really a very easy thing. It’s part bruschetta and part a classic open sandwich. A bruschetta is an Italian invention. It’s basically bread that you grill, rub with garlic, brush with oil and salt. Then add toppings. Usually it’s chopped seasoned tomatoes, but many people top the bread with cheese and meat too.

But bruschetta slices, the classic anyway, are small. They’re supposed to be small because you serve them as an appetizer. You want people to take a bite or two and be done with it. Naturally, I had to change that to make it more of a lunch. That’s why I’m calling this a part sandwich, a bruschetta-style toast.

You start off by toasting the bread and my favorite is Japanese milk bread. Every type of bread brings something different to this recipe. I also love sourdough or whole grain varieties, but milk bread is so comforting I decided to go with this.

So… you have the bread, you toast it, then rub it with garlic and brush with oil. You top that with mini mozzarella balls. I like to buy the bufallo mozzarella balls as they’re a bit creamier, but any work. And then I add chopped cherry tomatoes, preferably datterini (datterino) tomatoes because they are sweeter.

Lastly, I add some basil (homegrown in this case!) and fleur de sel. You don’t have to use fleur de sel, fine sea salt will produce similar results. But I just enjoy the look and taste of fleur de sel.

And that’s it! Enjoy this bruschetta-style tomato mozzarella toast with a cold drink on the side and you will be in heaven. You know years ago when I worked at a local bistro, my favorite thing to eat there was bruschetta with a Hugo on the side (this is a Hugo). But I have to say an iced coffee or a lemonade would both be wonderful choices too.

More easy recipes to explore

Balsamic onion tomato salad (A Slovenian staple for the summer, it’s so easy and goes with everything.)
Vegetarian chickpea tuna sandwich (A chickpea tuna salad packed in the most wonderful sandwich.)
Pizza beans toast (A great quick lunch with seasoned tomato beans and cheese on toast, baked like a pizza.)
Cottage cheese toast with grapes (Toast with a sweet twist and loads of protein. This is so quick and so flavorful.)

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