CHERRY TOMATO BRUSCHETTA WITH BALSAMIC

Read on for my recipe for cherry tomato bruschetta with balsamic

One of the nice things about doing cooking demos at big shows like Country Living Christmas Fair is that you get to meet some great fellow foodies. At the last show in November I met Bob McDonald and his wife from Burren Balsamics in Northern Ireland.

Balsamic vinegar

Now I don’t know about you but I adore balsamic vinegar. I love the sweetness and the tangyness and the way it gives almost any dish a great punch of flavour. Now obviously there are different types and qualities of balsamic vinegar and they all hail back to Modena in Italy.

At Burren Balsamics they make flavoured vinegars. They infuse the balsamic vinegar they ship in from Modena with all manner of goodies from tarragon to citrus, raspberry to chilli and honey and many more.

Black Garlic

I’m using their delicious black garlic balsamic vinegar for my cherry tomato bruschetta with balsamic. I really like the richness and depth of flavour here. If you are unfamiliar with black garlic the flavour is unique. Black garlic is made by heating whole bulbs of garlic over the course of several weeks which results in the blackened syrupy sweet cloves.

The Burren Balsamics black garlic vinegar is a delight. There is a warmth to it, almost a hint of tamarind in there. Oh and it goes so well with these cherry tomatoes.

I love tomatoes and these little cherry tomatoes blister and carmelise as they bake and act as little flavour bombs of sweetness exploding on your tongue with the earthy depth of the black garlic making them even better.

Go for cherry tomatoes on the vine as they have more flavour.

This is such a simple little recipe that makes the perfect lunch on it’s own or maybe with a green salad on the side. I’ve made two cherry tomato bruschetta with balsamic here and that was just perfect for a filling lunch. Okay, so maybe I should only have had one, but what the hell, they taste so good, would be rude not to. (never knowingly rude!).

 

Cherry Tomato Bruschetta with Balsamic

Ingredients;

• 2 slices of sourdough bread
• 2 large slices of Feta cheese
• 10 cherry tomatoes on the vine
• Fresh basil leaves
• Black garlic balsamic vinegar

Method;

• Toast the bread on one side then place on an oven tray
• Add the cheese, basil leaves and the cherry tomatoes on top
• Drizzle over the black balsamic vinegar
• Bake in the oven at 200C for approximately 5 minutes till the tomatoes are blistered and oozing

If you’d like to know more about Burren Balsamics then hop over to their web site and take a look at their range of infused vinegars as well as jams and chutneys. They even have a great page dedicated to food pairings to give you ideas of what works well with each vinegar.

Simple good quality ingredients work every time.

Karon x

Disclosure;  I was given a bottle of this delightful black garlic balsamic vinegar to try out.

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