Ham and Feta Bruschetta an appetizer recipe idea. Crispy bites offer the savory taste of tomato, feta cheese, basil, garlic and balsamic.
Ham and Feta Bruschetta
This ham and feta Bruschetta recipe idea has some savory and crispy bites of tomato, ham and feta cheese with a tang of balsamic vinegar with basil. A No Bake recipe for an appetizer for guests or to serve for parties as snacks or finger foods.
Toasting or grilling lightly the sliced breads with some garlic butter and olive oil gives them that delicious taste that you would want more of. An option is to pan roast the tomato and basil mixture on the toasted slices in the oven to serve as a warm appetizer with the ham and feta placed on after the roasting.
Do you eat Bruschetta hot or cold?
Bruschetta can be eaten warm or cold. Serve it warm with pasta, or grilled chicken. Or as a appetizer at room temperature with the toppings on toasted slices of small sizes of bread.
Is Bruschetta always toasted?
Bruschetta is pronounced [brusˈketta]. Which translates to a little burnt thing in Italian. Its usually a crispy crusty piece of country bread, brushed with garlic olive oil and butter and sprinkled with salt and pepper.
How do you plate ham and feta Bruschetta?
To serve, top each toasted baguette slice with tomato mixture and arrange on a serving plate. Serve the slices and the tomato mix separately and the reduced balsamic vinegar in a small gravy bowl. With the ham and feta. Guests can help themselves and the toast will not go soggy.
Ingredients.
- french loaf
- butter and garlic
- deli ham of choice.
- tomatoes
- feta
- basil leaves
- reduced balsamic vinegar.
Obtain these ingredients for this tasty bruschetta appetizer for guests and the measurements in the recipe attached.
Older breads or loaves will be great to toast or bake for this recipe.
French loaf cut.
Deli ham
Tomaoes
Square feta cheese with herbs
Basil leaves chopped.
Garlic and a little red onion
How To.
Preheat the oven and grease some baking sheets to toast the sliced French loaf with some butter and olive oil and minced garlic. Chop the tomatoes, red onion and basil leaves finely and salt and pepper them. (according to the recipe attached)
The lightly toasted slices are topped with the tomato mixture and some feta cheese with the sliced deli ham.
Reduce the balsamic vinegar to half and drizzle some on the tomato. Decorate with a long leaf of any vegetable or some basil leaves.
Decorate.
On a stylish serving dish or any platter, add the reduced balsamic vinegar in two stripes and sprinkle some herbs over the plate. Place the final dressed bruschetta neatly over the balsamic stripes as in the picture below.
Serve for an appetizer or snack for guests or family with a small gravy bowl of balsamic vinegar for guests to sprinkle over the bruschetta. A great party platter to great guests.
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Ham and Feta Bruschetta an appetizer recipe idea. Crispy bites offer the savory taste of tomato, feta cheese, basil, garlic and balsamic.
- Prep Time: 10 min
- Cook Time: 10 min
- Total Time: 20 min
- Yield: 8 – 10 1x
- Category: appetizer or snack
- Method: oven baked, no bake
- Cuisine: Italian
Ingredients
- 1/4 cup of butter. softened.
- 1/4 cup of olive oil
- 8 slices of French loaf, cut into 1 inch slices.
- 1 Cup (4 oz) of herb feta cheese in small blocks.
- 3 cloves of minced garlic
- 1 Tablespoon of minced chopped fresh basil. (1 teaspoon of dried basil)
- 1 Cup of finely chopped and seeded cherry tomatoes.
- 1 small red onion. Finely chopped.
- Balsamic vinegar.
- salt and pepper.
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 400 Deg. F (200 Deg. C)
- In a small bowl combine the butter and olive oil and garlic, brush this mixture on both sides of the slices.
- On a greased baking sheet pan, place the cut slices of French loaf that has been brushed with the mixture. Bake for 8 – 10 minutes until lightly brown.
- In a medium bowl chop a few basil leaves and mix these with the tomato and a little chopped onion. Salt and pepper them. Then place the newly baked slices of toast on a bread board.
- Layer some of the tomato mixture on the slices, then add some deli ham folded neatly on top of the tomato mixture with a few squares of feta cheese. Decorate with basil leaves.
- In a small pan on the stove top, bring some balsamic vinegar to a boil, then bring down the heat to simmer for reducing the vinegar to about half.
- Drizzle some reduced balsamic vinegar on a serving plate, across decoratively and sprinkle some dried parsley and basil on the plate. Add the dressed bruschetta breads neatly on this plate. Drizzle a little balsamic vinegar on the tomato for taste. (as per picture)
- This make a tasty and delicious appetizer.
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