Cucurbit Farm Recipes
MIKE'S BRUSCHETTA
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“Bless his little heart. Friend of Cucurbit Farm Mike Savello sends in this terrific recipe for his bruschetta that uses delicious tomatoes from Cucurbit Farm. Don’t be stingy, be sure to share with your friends and family as this recipe makes up to 6 servings. Thanks for sharing Mike!"
1 rosemary baguette
Olive oil
2 large tomatoes
Salt
¼ lb prosciutto, sliced thinly and cut into 1” x 1” pieces
¾ lb fresh mozzarella (buffalo mozzarella)
¼ cup fresh chopped basil
Aged balsamic vinegar
Dice tomatoes. Mix tomatoes with 1 tsp salt and put in a colander/strainer to drain for 1 hour or longer. Dice mozzarella into the same size as tomatoes.
When tomatoes have drained, combine them with mozzarella, prosciutto and basil in a bowl. Preheat oven broiler. Cut baguette on diagonal into ½ inch slices. (Alternately you can cut the baguette into thirds and then cut each third in half horizontally making 6 french-bread-pizza-like slices.)
Broil bread slices 4” from broiler until golden brown. Turn slices over and broil other side. Remove from oven and drizzle one side lightly with olive oil.
Set oven to 450 degrees. Top each baguette slice with tomato mixture. Drizzle with balsamic vinegar. Return to oven and cook for 8-10 minutes or until mozzarella starts to melt. Remove and enjoy!
Every growing season, we’ll pass along healthy, fun and easy-to-prepare recipes that we love and, more importantly, include ingredients you can find at Cucurbit Farm!
How much fun is that?
From strawberries, tomatoes and squash early in the season to blueberries, raspberries and peaches mid-summer, to corn and apples as the leaves start changing, let us give you a special recipe that takes advantage of the season’s ripest fruits and vegetables.
Each recipe is prepared (and enjoyed) by us before we give it our Cucurbit Farm stamp of approval.
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