Garlic Bread Bruschetta

If garlic bread and bruschetta had a baby – this would be it! Garlic bread bruschetta is so easy to make with minimal ingredients. Garlic butter is smeared over the baguette slices and grilled to perfection. Topped with a tomato bruschetta mixture. It’s the perfect, easy appetizer you’ll be proud to serve your guests.

Ingredients Needed for Garlic Bread Bruschetta

• Salted butter
• Garlic – and lots of it!
• Freshly cracked black pepper
• Dried parsley
• Baguette
• Grape tomatoes
• Extra virgin olive oil
• Balsamic vinegar
• Fresh basil
• Kosher salt
• Shredded Parmesan

Step-by-Step Instructions

1. In a small bowl, stir together the butter, garlic, freshly cracked black pepper, and dried parsley. If using unsalted butter add ½ teaspoon salt.
2. Smear each baguette slice with garlic butter and place them on a plate.
3. Heat a gas grill to medium. 
4. When the grill is ready, place bread slices onto the grill. Grill the bread, turning once and watching carefully; about 3-5 minutes.
5. Bruschetta topping: In a medium-sized bowl, mix together the tomatoes, olive oil, balsamic vinegar, fresh basil leaves, and salt.
6. Top each garlic toast with a spoonful of the tomato mixture. Sprinkle with shredded parmesan. Serve!

I hope you make this garlic bread bruschetta for your next get-together or a Saturday/Sunday appetizer for fun.

Recipe Notes

1. You can use a grill pan on the stove instead of an outdoor grill. Preheat the grill pan to medium-high heat. When hot, brush olive oil directly on the grill pan. Add bread slices and cook for 2 minutes and then flip to the other side. Continue flipping until the bread is nice and toasty.
2. Adding small mozzarella balls to the tomato mixture gives it a fun little twist Caprese twist.
3. How to chiffonade basil – take your 5 basil leaves and stack them on top of each other. Roll the leaves into a small rope-like shape. Thinly slice through the rolled leaves until you have sliced through the entire roll.
4. You can skip the garlic bread steps altogether and toast the baguette slices with a drizzle of olive oil and then spoon the tomato mixture on top of the toast.
5. Any rustic type of bread will work including ciabatta and sourdough.

Looking for more summer recipes? Give these a try:

• Mediterranean Layered Dip
• Pesto Salmon Salad
• Grilled Blackened Chicken Salad
• Honey Mustard Chicken Salad

I hope you enjoy this recipe! If you make this recipe or any of my others, I’d love to hear what you think! Leave a comment below, email me, or you can find me on Facebook, Instagram, and Pinterest!

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