Easy Caprese Bruschetta

Six pieces of caprese bruschetta drizzled with balsamic glaze on a white platter.

This Easy Caprese Bruschetta recipe is the best! It's easy, delicious, and ready in minutes! Caprese bruschetta is easy enough to make as part of a busy weeknight dinner and fancy enough to serve when hosting company.

Course Appetizer, Recipes, Snack

Cuisine Italian

Prep Time 5

Cook Time 3

Letting the toasted baguette pieces cool. 5

Total Time 13

Servings pieces

Calories 72kcal

Author Kristi

Equipment

1 Bread knife
1 Kitchen shears Or you can use a small paring knife to slice the fresh basil leaves instead.

Ingredients

1 Baguette Sliced
4 ounce fresh mozzarella
1 cup grape tomatoes Can use cherry tomatoes instead. Washed and quartered.
1 teaspoon olive oil extra virgin
¼ teaspoon garlic salt
10 leaves fresh basil
1 tablespoon Balsamic glaze to taste

Instructions

Lightly toast baguette slices either in a toaster oven or in the oven (see note below)
While the baguette slices are toasting, carefully cut the mozzarella up into ¼ inch cubes.
Mix mozzarella pieces, olive oil, quartered cherry tomatoes, and garlic salt together in a small bowl and set aside
Slice or cut basil into small pieces and set aside.
When baguette slices are lightly toasted, remove from oven and let cool
Once the bread is cooled, top each slice with about 1-2 tablespoons of the mozzarella and tomato mixture.
Top the mozzarella and tomato mixture with pieces of fresh basil.
Drizzle balsamic glaze over each piece of assembled Caprese Bruschetta

Notes

Nutrition facts are calculated using an electronic nutrition calculator - information is an estimate and may vary depending on specific brands and measurements used.

If your oven is on and set to 375-400 degrees Fahrenheit for other purposes, simply spread the pieces of bread out on a baking sheet and place in the oven for a few minutes to lightly toast them (instead of placing them in the toaster). If doing it this way, one side will feel toasted while the other will not, but nobody seems to mind as long as you top the side that is toasted with the mozzarella mixture.

Let the bread cool before assembling.

Not all baguettes are created equal. Some are smaller than others, which is why the amount of mixture to top them with is provided as a range.

Kitchen scissors work well to slice fresh basil into small strips.

If you don't have fresh mozzarella, cut up pieces of string cheese can be used (traditional string cheese is mozzarella cheese) OR cheese can be left out altogether.

Kids love to help make these. They especially enjoy drizzling on the balsamic glaze.

Most older kids would be able to make this by themselves.

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