Bruschetta al Pomodoro
Ripe tomatoes marinated in grassy olive oil, piled onto garlic-rubbed toast still warm from the pan. The true Roman bruschetta asks for excellent bread, peak-season tomatoes, and nothing else. Fifteen quiet minutes, four ingredients done properly, and the simplest possible opening to supper for two on almost any summer evening.
- Cook Time
- 15 min
- Difficulty
- Easy
- Pairing
- Franciacorta
The Story
Bruschetta began as bruscare, to roast over coals, and in the countryside around Rome it was the olive harvest made edible: thick day-old bread toasted on the fire, rubbed with a cut clove of garlic, and drenched in the new oil. The tomato topping came later. What has never changed is the honesty of it. There is no sauce to adjust and no technique to master, only a chain of quality from the bread to the tomato. Choose a dense rustic loaf, vine tomatoes that smell like the garden, and oil you would be happy to taste from a spoon.
Ingredients
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Nutrition notes (verified ingredients)
- extra-virgin olive oilper 100 g: 800 kcal · 0 g protein · 93.3 g fat · 0 g carbs
- red wine vinegarper 100 g: 33 kcal · 0 g protein · 0 g fat · 0 g carbs
≈ 181 kcal · 0 g protein · 21 g fat · 0 g carbs per serving (estimated from 2 of 7 ingredients — metric quantities of verified ingredients only)
Not yet verified against FoodData Central: thick slices rustic bread, ripe vine tomatoes, clove garlic, halved, basil leaves, torn, flaky salt & black pepper, to taste.
Nutrition data: USDA FoodData Central (snapshot 2026-09-11). Per-serving estimates assume the recipe is portioned evenly; per-100 g values are fixed reference figures.
Method
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Franciacorta
Fine, creamy bubbles refresh the palate against rich burrata and salty prosciutto.
Pairing notes
This pairing is editorial guidance for the dish — look for a bottle from Lombardia at any wine shop you like. No retailer links are active on this site. See our affiliate disclosure.