Summer Bread
Ingredients for Bread:
Loaf of Italian bread (can be a day old)
3-4 tomatoes
1 green bell pepper
fresh mozzarella
6-7 basil leaves
2-3 cloves garlic
Olive oil (2 tablespoons or so)
Preheat oven to 350 °
Now that summer is coming to a close this is what I am going to miss from the summer the most. My garden….there is absolutely nothing better to me that fresh produce from your garden. Everything tastes better, it even feels better making it when it comes from your own garden/home.
This bread is something that I really enjoy and I make often during the summer because it is so tasty and just SO easy to make it truly is one of those summertime recipes that I miss when it gets colder out. There is nothing better to me than a tomato out of the garden and this year the tomatoes have been DIVINE!
Directions for Summer Bread:
Slice Italian bread in 1″ sections and place onto baking sheet. Chop garlic finely and place in a bowl with olive oil. I normally use about 2 tablespoons but feel free to use more. Brush the garlic olive oil on both sides of bread. This helps crisp it up really nicely once you cook it.
Place sliced tomatoes on top of bread. I personally like them a little thicker but you can slice the tomatoes at whatever thickness you like. Thinly slice green bell pepper and place a 2-3 slices on each bread section. Then layer your fresh mozzarella on top of your bread sections. Again, as thin or as thick as you would like the mozzarella to be. Then slice your basil and sprinkle on top of each section.
Place in the oven and let bake for about 15-20 minutes or until the cheese has melted.
You can serve these hot, warm, or cold. I actually love to bring these into work the next day after I make them for lunch. They are great cold as well!
I love the colors! I hope you all have enjoyed this recipe as much as I do and I hope you are taking advantage of these few last weeks of summer and all the yummy veggies that come with them!
19 Comments
kateiscooking
Raven I love the photo of the finished dish!!! That looks so good 🙂 Kate
RavieNomNoms
Thank you so much Kate!
Prairie Story
I’d eat the whole plate 😉 You must have been reading my mind today.. because I made a similar version today. Yours look much MORE savory though!!
Kristen
That would make such a great lunch. I agree with you, the end of the garden is the worst part of the end of summer.
jana
oh like a baked bruschetta! my mother would love this!
Tiffany
Oh that looks so good, thank you for sharing!
Karen
Anything with melted cheese is at the top of my list! Looks great…
Anna
OMG! That looks so good, I’m so craving bruschetta right now. 🙂
January
bruschettas with the basic ingredients of a pizza. girl, you hit the right spot! 🙂 love it!
Maren
the summer bread looks so yummy. melted cheese over bread is always a good idea and delicious.
Priscilla - She's Cookin'
I just posted a goodbye to summer post, too! Your summer bread says it all – and I like that it includes green peppers!
Patty Price
Wow, such a perfect summer meal, with a salad and I’m good to go:)
Isabelle
How perfect – basil and tomatoes are two things that have been doing incredibly well in my little backyard garden this year, and I’ve got more of each than I know what to do with! 🙂
Evan @swEEts
How yum! I can’t wait to move into our new house so we can have a garden next year! I’m so bummed because my mom gave me a huge bag of fresh tomatoes to bring back from VA and I forgot them on the counter!! They would have been perfect for this!!
Cooking For Mark
Perfection! There is so much cheese on there, looks so freakin good!!
Yesim
seems easy and tasty food.. i liked it, i ll definetly try..
Lisa {AuthenticSuburbanGourmet}
OMG – can I have a slice now! That is amazing looking and I bet it was gone quickly! 🙂
jim
this is awesome man
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im feeling it