Sour dough bruschetta with chunky olive tapenade

1 Servings

Ingredients

QuantityIngredient
½cupGreen olives, pitted
½cupBlack olives, pitted
3tablespoonsFinely chopped garlic, (up to 4)
1tablespoonFreshly grated lemon zest
1largeTomato, seeded and diced
2tablespoonsRice vinegar or to taste
2tablespoonsSoy sauce or to taste
Salt and freshly ground black pepper
1smallLoaf sour dough bread, cut into 1/2-inch slices on a diagonal
Olive oil for grilling
1tablespoonToasted sesame seeds

Directions

In a food processor coarsely chop the green olives by pushing the pulse button several times. Transfer green olives to a bowl. Repeat process for black olives and transfer to bowl with the green olives. Stir in the garlic, lemon zest, tomato, rice vinegar and soy sauce. Adjust seasoning with salt, pepper and additional rice vinegar and soy sauce, if necessary.

Heat a grill, grill pan or broiler. Brush bread slices with olive oil and arrange on grill. Toast until golden or grill marks appear on bread, flip and grill other side. Transfer grilled bread to a serving platter. Spread tapenade on each slice of bread and sprinkle with toasted sesame seeds.

Yield: 4 servings

Recipe by: Cooking Live Show #CL8874 Posted to MC-Recipe Digest V1 #609 by "Angele and Jon Freeman" <jfreeman@...> on May 12, 1997