10 recipes to enrich the most famous snack in Italy – Italian Cuisine

10 recipes to enrich the most famous snack in Italy


Once it was simply bread and oil, the snack most loved by children. Today bread and oil can become many things!

Bread and oil. Is there anything more natural, good and genuine?
From generation to generation grandmothers and mothers pass on the healthiest snack for children: a simple slice of bread (which for the lucky ones is homemade bread) and good extra virgin olive oil.
The recipe is the simplest of all. Just pour oil into a saucer and then get a slice of bread on it. If the oil is very good and fragrant, it is not even necessary to add salt.
Do you know that the classic slice of bread and oil can, with the addition of a few ingredients, become a real appetizer to serve as an appetizer or aperitif when you have many friends at dinner? Yes, bruschetta if we want to call it that.

Here are some original ideas to transform a simple snack into a tasty dish.

Bread, oil and avocado

Let's call it avocado toast. For the simplest version, put avocado slices on the toasted bread and seasoned with a drizzle of oil.

Bread and oil with salmon

For many, instead of oil, butter would be better as per Northern European tradition, but we suggest you try it with a new and good oil as well. Also add a little lemon juice and ground white pepper or fennel.

Bread, oil and garlic

A recipe for determined palates. In practice you simply have to toast a slice of bread, season it with a little oil and then rub it with a clove of garlic. To complete, you can then sprinkle it with grated Parmesan before putting it back in the oven for a few minutes. In the American version, chives are not missing either.

Bread, oil and tomato

The classic bruschetta that everyone always likes. You can enrich it with a grated feta cheese or diced cucumbers and chopped mint or basil leaves. Remember that kids like it when the tomato is rubbed on bread, not sliced.

Bread and oil with pecorino cheese

A real goodness that is prepared in a few minutes in the microwave or under the oven grill. Just cover the bread with the oil with seasoned pecorino cheese and then put everything in the oven. The cheese will melt and wrap the bread which will remain crunchy at the base.

Bread, oil and zucchini noodles

Cut courgettes lengthwise with a mandolin. You will get like noodles. Season them with oil, salt, pepper and some lemon juice and place them on slices of bread and oil spread with goat cheese.

Bread, oil … fake pizza arrives!

If you have some slightly dry leftover bread, cut it into slices and wet it with water. Then arrange it on the basis of a cake pan, crushing it well to soften it and sprinkle it with oil, tomato puree, salt and capers. Bake for 30 minutes at 180 ° and you will get an excellent fake pizza!

Bread, oil and beans

A poor but very tasty dish that can easily become a fast and complete second course. The ideal combination is between whole wheat bread and pre-cooked cannellini beans, well washed and simply seasoned with oil, salt and pepper.

Bread, oil and peppers

Fried green peppers and toasted bread are a perfect marriage. If you don't want to fry, simply cut the peppers into strips and cook them in the oven with the oil and a clove of garlic. When they are soft, serve them still warm on slices of toasted Tuscan bread and seasoned with a drizzle of raw oil.

Bread, oil and chocolate

It will seem strange to you, yet this is a gourmet pairing. Put a slice of good dark chocolate on a slice of bread and oil and add a pinch of salt if you want. The result will amaze you.

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