First Course

In preparation for Saturday night's family Italian dinner (12 people-holy cow, I'm so anxious), I'm posting the yummy recipes that we'll be making. I will post all the "real" food pictures later, plus all the hungry relatives eating it all up!

The first thing that will be served is:

Classic Caprese Bruschetta

What you need:

2-3 cups of grape or cherry tomatoes

1/2 cup or 6-7 fresh basil leaves

2 cloves of garlic

2 tbsp. of olive oil

1/2 tsp. of salt

1 cup of sliced fresh mozzarella

1 large baguette cut into diagonals or Italian loaf such as Ciabatta

Combine first 5 ingredients in food processor and pulse lightly until incorporated but not saucy. Take baguette and place a few pieces of mozzarella on top with a drizzle of salt and olive oil and lightly toast-add tomato mixture to the top and serve (taste mixture first, if the tomatoes are too sour tasting add a little sugar to sweeten). This is by far the best and freshest tasting bruschetta we've ever had. Please try it, you won't be disappointed!