So, I watched the movie “Julie and Julia” the other night and decided that, like Julie, I’m going to cook all of the recipes in Julia Child’s cookbook and become an excellent cook. Well, I may skip a few— like cooking live lobster — but I’ll still debone a duck and won’t save it until the last one I try. Of course, there will be challenges since mom makes me cook on an electric stove, I don’t have Julia Child’s cookbook (I hope the library does), and I don’t have any copper pans. I do, however, have a set of chef’s knives. Oh, Julie blogged every day about her cooking and did all 524 (ish) recipes in one year — I don’t know how to make a blog and I’m not doing it in only a year, but I can always post it here! So, Day 1 complete - I made mom and I some awesome bruschetta yesterday cooked (almost) to perfection and just like in the movie. Using fresh basil must have been the secret but I did cheat and use garlic from the jar. Well, as Julia Child would say - “Bon Appetit!”
P.S. This post and photo was my first bruschetta. The cover photo (on the blue plate) was what I made this past Sunday for our family dinner -- note that there wasn't as much "char" so it was even better!
Nice work Jim. Give me a holler if you need BBQ ideas.
Looks delicious!
Delicious!!
Charfoxt - Great question! There are obviously a lot of ways to toast the bread but Julia's way, and the way that made the results in the film "Julie and Julia," was part of the magic that made this bruschetta soooooo awesome. After slicing the bread (I used a baguette sliced diagonally about 1/4" thick), brush it with a light coating of extra virgin olive oil with garlic mixed in. I wasn't completely true to Julia since I did used chopped garlic from a jar instead of fresh garlic. I like garlic so I used about a tablespoon of garlic in a quarter cup of olive oil. Hey, I'm becoming a skilled chef so do you think I really mea…
Can’t wait to see you progress in your culinary skills!