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    Home » Recipes » Savory Snacks

    Nov 8, 2021 · Modified: Nov 26, 2022 by Harriet

    Bruschetta With Mozzarella (Caprese Bruschetta)

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    This bruschetta with mozzarella or Caprese bruschetta is perfect as an appetizer! With simple flavors, this is easy to make. Everyone will love this delicious combination of ripe fresh tomato, basil, mozzarella on garlicky sourdough.

    Three bruschetta's with mozzarella and tomato on a white plate.
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    • 👛 Cost To Make
    • 🌟 Why You'll Love This Recipe:
    • 🥘 Ingredients In This Recipe
    • 🍳 Step By Step Instructions
    • 📖 Variations
    • 💭 Recipe Tips
    • 👪 Serving Size
    • 🍬 Calories Per Serve
    • 🥗 Serving Suggestions
    • 📝 Frequently Asked Questions
    • 🍿 More Snack Ideas
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    Make this bruschetta with mozzarella! It is simple to make delicious and bursting with summer flavor. Serve it as a delicious summer snack, as an appetizer, or a light meal.

    👛 Cost To Make

    Estimated cost = $6.00 or $0.75 for each bruschetta

    🌟 Why You'll Love This Recipe:

    • It takes about 15 minutes to put this bruschetta with mozzarella appetizer together.
    • Simple to make and bursting with flavor with a healthy Caprese topping, everyone will love this tomato mozzarella bruschetta.
    • It's budget-friendly, especially when you make the most of in-season tomatoes. 

    🥘 Ingredients In This Recipe

    The printable recipe further down the page has the complete list of ingredients, including quantities and step-by-step instructions.

    Image with ingredients needed to make bruschetta with mozzarella.

    For the best-tasting bruschetta, use good quality fresh ingredients.

    Bread - you will need a dense, chewy type of bread like sourdough or ciabatta. These types of bread hold their shape well and don't go soggy quickly like soft white bread.

    Garlic - for the best taste, use fresh garlic cloves and not bottled or paste.

    Tomatoes - use ripe tomatoes and have them at room temperature for the best flavor.

    Fresh basil leaves - use as much as you like

    Salt - a little salt helps to bring out all the flavors. If you are on a salt-reduced diet, you can skip the salt.

    Extra virgin olive oil is the best to use because of its light and delicious flavor. 

    Mozzarella - you can use fresh mozzarella cheese of any size. We used cherry bocconcini for this recipe.

    🍳 Step By Step Instructions

    Tomato being cut into small pieces.
    1. Roughly chop fresh tomatoes.

    Step 1 - Roughly cut the tomatoes into small pieces and place them into a bowl.

    Tomato and fresh basil leaves.
    2. Tear fresh basil leaves and add to diced tomatoes.

    Step 2 - Stir in some torn basil leaves, as many as you like. Add the olive oil and salt and stir to coat. 

    Raw garlic being wiped onto toasted bread.
    3. Brush raw garlic onto toasted bread.

    Step 3 - Next, peel the garlic and cut them in half. Toast the bread and while still warm, rub one side of the bread with a cut piece of garlic.

    Hands tearing mozzerlla balls into small pieces.
    4. Top toasted bread with tomato and basil mixture and pieces of mozzerlla.

    Step 4 - Spoon the tomato mixture over the toasted bread along with some of the juices, top with torn chunks of mozzarella. Drizzle with olive oil and serve immediately.

    A bruschetta on a plate with two pieces of toast in the background.
    Before serving drizzle with extra virgin olive oil.

    📖 Variations

    • Mix half a finely diced red onion, 1 - 2 teaspoons balsamic vinegar, and a splash of olive oil with the tomatoes.
    • Replace the plain bocconcini with marinated mozzarella balls for a different flavor.
    • You could also make this recipe with 450 grams (1 pound or 4-5 medium) cherry tomatoes cut into pieces.
    • Just before serving, drizzle on a simple balsamic glaze over the mozzarella bruschetta. See below for a simple recipe.

    How to Make A Balsamic Glaze

    To make a balsamic glaze, mix 2 cups balsamic vinegar and ½ cup brown sugar in a small saucepan. Put over medium heat stir constantly until the sugar has dissolved. 

    Bring to a boil, turn the heat down to low, and simmer until the liquid has reduced to half. 

    The finished glaze should be thick enough to coat the back of a spoon. Allow it to cool, transfer to a clean, dry jar, and store sealed in the fridge.

    💭 Recipe Tips

    Use thick slices of bread - For convenience, we like to buy thick pre-sliced bread. If you are slicing the bread yourself, use a good serrated bread knife to make the slices about 1.5 cm (¼ inch) thick because you want the bread slices to hold and not collapse under the weight of the toppings. 

    Toasting the bread - We like to use the toaster for toasting the bread. However, if you are doing a big batch, toast the bread in the oven.

    To toast bread in the oven, arrange the sliced bread in a single layer onto a baking sheet, then bake in a preheated 180°C (350°F) for about 8-10 minutes or until the top is golden.

    Don't skip the garlic rub - the fresh garlic gives the bruschetta a nice distinctive flavor, and the flavor won't be right if you don't use it.

    To avoid soggy bread, serve immediately after assembling and don't add too much juice from the bottom of the bowl.

    👪 Serving Size

    One bruschetta with topping is a serving size.

    🍬 Calories Per Serve

    Each bruschetta is about 179 calories.

    🥗 Serving Suggestions

    Keep it casual and allow everyone to make their own bruschetta with mozzarella. 

    Place a big bowl of the tomato mixture, pieces of mozzarella, extra basil leaves, olive oil, salt, and toasted bread already smeared with garlic into the center of the table and let everyone help themselves. 

    Or do what we do and have it as a main meal and serve it with other toppings like:

    • Fresh homemade ricotta cheese
    • Sauteed mushrooms
    • Cooked bacon pieces
    • Roasted cherry tomatoes
    • Caramelized onions
    • Whipped feta
    • Prosciutto

    📝 Frequently Asked Questions

    How many calories in bruschetta with mozzarella?

    This recipe for bruschetta with mozzarella is about 180 calories per serve.

    What is the difference between bruschetta and Caprese?

    Caprese is a simple salad made with fresh tomatoes, fresh mozzarella, and basil leaves.

    Bruschetta is toasted pieces of bread that can have many different toppings, and one of the most common toppings is the Caprese salad.

    Why is my bruschetta runny?

    Tomatoes are high in water and can make anything runny or soggy if left to sit for too long.

    To remove excess moisture, you could deseed the tomatoes before cutting them into small pieces.

    But an easier way to stop bruschetta toast from going soggy is to add the Caprese topping just before serving and don't pick up too much of the liquid when spooning on the topping.

    Will bruschetta keep overnight?

    No, it is best to make bruschetta fresh on the day you intend to serve it. You can make the toast and the tomato mixture up to 30 minutes in advance and assemble just before serving.

    🍿 More Snack Ideas

    • Italian dipping oil
    • Easy pork spring rolls
    • Minced chicken meatballs with sweet chili sauce
    • Marinated feta in oil with sundried tomatoes
    • Zucchini and carrot slice
    • Mummy hot dogs (great for kids parties or Halloween)
    • Caprese crostini
    • Baked ham and cheese pinwheels
    • Cherry tomato and bocconcini skewers
    • Mini bacon cheese quiche
    A hand picking up a bruschete with mozzerella.

    I do hope that you give this recipe for bruschetta with mozzarella try. If you do, please come back and leave a comment below because I would love to know how you went.


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    Two pieces of tomato and mozzarella bruschetta on a white plate with fresh basil leaves.

    Bruschetta With Mozzarella

    This simple bruschetta with mozzarella, tomato, and basil topping is a fast and easy summer appetizer that you can make in less than 15 minutes. Serve it at your next gathering because everyone will love it!
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    Prep Time : 15 mins
    Cook Time : 5 mins
    Total Time : 20 mins
    Cuisine: : Italian
    Course : Appetiser
    Servings : 8 slices of bruschetta
    Calories : 179 : kcal
    Estimated Cost (AUD) : $6.00 or $0.75 for each bruschetta

    EQUIPMENT

    • Bread board and knife (if cutting your own bread)
    • Measuring spoons
    • Medium size mixing bowl
    • Mixing spoon
    • Toaster or oven
    • Small kitchen knife

    INGREDIENTS

    • 450 grams (1 pound or 4-5 medium) tomatoes
    • 1 handful basil leaves or as much as you like
    • 2 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil
    • 1 teaspoon salt
    • 2 garlic cloves peeled and cut in half
    • 8 slices sourdough bread 1.5 cm (¼ inch) thick slices
    • 150 grams (5 ounces or 16) cherry bocconcini
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    INSTRUCTIONS

    • Wash the tomatoes, then roughly cut them into smaller pieces and place them into a bowl.
    • Wash and dry basil leaves and tear them into pieces, add to the tomatoes.
    • Add the olive oil and salt and stir to coat.
    • Next, peel the garlic and cut them in half.
    • Toast the bread and while still warm, rub one side of each of the bread slices with a cut piece of garlic.
    • Spoon the tomato mixture over the toasted bread along with some of the juices, top with torn chunks of mozzarella.
    • Drizzle with olive oil and serve immediately.

    Notes

    RECIPE TIPS
    The thickness of the bread slices- For convenience, we like to buy thick pre-sliced bread. If you are slicing the bread yourself, use a good serrated bread knife to make the slices about 1.5 cm (¼ inch) thick because you want the bread slices to hold and not collapse under the weight of the toppings.
    Toasting the bread - We like to use the toaster for toasting the bread. However, if you are doing a big batch, toast the bread in the oven. To toast bread in the oven, arrange the sliced bread in a single layer onto a baking sheet, then bake in a preheated 180°C (350°F) for about 8-10 minutes or until the top is golden.
    Don't skip the garlic rub - the fresh garlic gives the bruschetta a nice distinctive flavor, and the flavor won't be right if you don't use it.
     
    RECIPE VARIATIONS
    • Mix half a finely diced red onion, 1 - 2 teaspoons balsamic vinegar, and a splash of olive oil with the tomatoes.
    • Replace the plain bocconcini with marinated mozzarella balls for a different flavor.
    • You could also make this recipe with 450 grams (1 pound or 4-5 medium) cherry tomatoes cut into pieces.
    • Just before serving, drizzle on a simple balsamic glaze over the mozzarella bruschetta.
     
    HOW TO MAKE A BALSAMIC GLAZE
    to make a balsamic glaze, mix 2 cups balsamic vinegar and ½ cup brown sugar in a small saucepan. Put over medium heat stir constantly until the sugar has dissolved.
    Bring to a boil, turn the heat down to low, and simmer until the liquid has reduced to half. The finished glaze should be thick enough to coat the back of a spoon.
    Allow it to cool, transfer to a clean, dry jar, and store sealed in the fridge.
    Nutrition Facts
    Bruschetta With Mozzarella
    Serving Size
     
    1 slice of bruschetta
    Amount per Serving
    Calories
    179
    % Daily Value*
    Fat
     
    8
    g
    12
    %
    Saturated Fat
     
    2
    g
    13
    %
    Polyunsaturated Fat
     
    1
    g
    Monounsaturated Fat
     
    3
    g
    Cholesterol
     
    7
    mg
    2
    %
    Sodium
     
    467
    mg
    20
    %
    Potassium
     
    177
    mg
    5
    %
    Carbohydrates
     
    20
    g
    7
    %
    Fiber
     
    1
    g
    4
    %
    Sugar
     
    2
    g
    2
    %
    Protein
     
    8
    g
    16
    %
    Vitamin A
     
    471
    IU
    9
    %
    Vitamin C
     
    8
    mg
    10
    %
    Calcium
     
    88
    mg
    9
    %
    Iron
     
    1
    mg
    6
    %
    * Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.
    Nutrition Disclosure

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