Bruschetta Old Italian Design
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Bruschetta is still around

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Anyone familiar with the large chain family dining establishments in America such as Chili’s or Ruby Tuesday’s, know what it is like to order Bruschetta. It comes on a plate steaming hot, and with a wonderful aroma filling the room.

The dish that so many people adore is somewhat of an evolution of sorts, and all the while no one actually enjoying it today have a clue as to just how different it really is today. If the change in its original recipe is any indication as to how time changes everything, where will this recipe end up say 30 years from now?

A Recipe So Old Yet So Simple

There was a time where Bruschetta was absolutely nothing like it is today. Back in the 15th century, in Italy nestled in the Abruzzo region this recipe was quite different. Thin slices of open-faced bread were covered with olive oil, and then a paste that came from stuffing raw pork into pig vesicles and sitting for a period of time. This bread was usually toasted or grilled to the desire of the person that was to eat it. Throughout central Italy, it was not uncommon for olive pickers to bring bread to the presses and sample the newly pressed oil on the toasted bread in the pressroom’s furnace. This would be considered the first and oldest form of Bruschetta recorded.

A New Face Evolves

Today Bruschetta has a completely new face, and it is nothing of what it originally was or intended to be. This is not a bad thing by any means, as throughout the years people have adopted new ingredients to include on this dish that has actually enhanced it a great deal. With the introduction of various cheeses and tomatoes cut into tiny cubes, these small toasts are a wonderful treat for either a snack or part of a larger meal.

Further development to the dish saw onions and various peppers included, along with herbs and spices to kick the taste up a notch. Some have even gone as far to include meats such as salami or ham on the Bruschetta. This turned this simple oiled bread into small meat of sorts as well. You can find this bread basically all over the world today, and it seems as though each country has its own version of this wonderful dish.

Alone Or With Other dishes It Is Always A Great Choice

The truly great thing about Bruschetta is that it is great with other dishes or all by itself. It can be used as a form of appetizer, or you can eat it all alone and still be full at the end of the meal.

Grocery stores worldwide are now selling prefab Bruschetta in jars that can be laid upon toasted Italian bread and make right from home. This is a very quick and inexpensive way to bring this small yet delightful dish into your dining room whenever you choose. You will easily will over the family with this simple but filling dish.

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