There is only one answer to the question of how to make bruschetta and that is to make it as it has been made traditionally in Tuscany for two thousand years.  Take a slice of the dry salt-free Tuscan bread, rub it vigourously with garlic and fry it in olive oil.  While it is still frying, cover it with finely chopped tomato.  As simple as that!  That is how to make bruschetta.  If you want a demonstration, watch Julie doing it in "Julie and Julia".

The Tuscan bread is salt free because salt in the bread keeps it moist and there is a danger of it turning mouldy.  The result is a rather bland bread that dries out quickly. Much, therefore, of Tuscan cooking concentrates on using the bread in various recipes and making it more interesting.  Bruschetta is a fine example of this.  It is a peasant food, easily prepared and using ingredients that any Tuscan will have to hand.

This is a daily food, unlike the fetta unta, the slice of hard, slightly toasted bread anointed with the first olive oil of the first pressing of the harvest.  It is a great honour to be present at a meal with a Tuscan family where fetta unta is served.  This is not at all how to make bruschetta, although there are some foreigners who confuse the two.

Bruschetta, however, has expanded beyond its original meaning.  Every small restaurant owner in Italy now believes that he knows how to make bruschetta and it is offered daily on the menu. The peasant dish, however, has taken on a new elegance.  While the basis in Italy remains a slice of bread, rubbed with garlic and fried in olive oil, there have been a number of variations on the theme of chopped tomato.  Basil is added, chopped green peppers are added, olives are added.  All are delicious and still in keeping with the tradition.

Outside Italy the bruschetta has been adopted as a global food, much as pizza took over the whole world a few decades back.  You find coffe houses in London, milk bars in New Jersey, bistros in Paris, street stalls in Malta, tearooms on the Island of Skye, which all claim to know how to make bruschetta.  Some of them do know exactly how to make bruschetta. The bread is saturated in olive oil, it has clearly been well-rubbed with garlic, and even an elderly Tuscan farmer would recognise the display of vegetables sizzling on top, artichoke hearts, mushrooms, rocket, asparagus.  He might be surprised at the addition of chorizo or parma ham but not necessarily shocked.

Other so-called bruschettas do not pass the test.  A slice of white bread, toasted, with a few vegetables and a drizzle of olive oil, is not a bruschetta.  It is a slicce of white bread toasted....  Even less so is a slice of bread toasted with cheese on top.  That is not how to make bruschetta; that is how to make toasted cheese.  And, most certainly, the bread with various fruits on top that one sometimes sees described as bruschetta - no, no, strawberries do not go with garlic and without garlic, it is not a bruschetta.  Do whatever you like, within reason, but if you want to know how to make bruschetta, start with a slice of bread, rub it with garlic, fry it in olve oil, spread on chopped tomatoes as it is frying - that's the only way to  make bruschetta.

If you are running late for your office during morning hours and you don't have time to prepare the breakfast for your kids. Then you don't need to worry at all. Here is a dish that you can prepare in a very less time famous as bruschetta. Bruschetta is an Italian dish and it is very delicious. It can be served as a snack at party and you can also enjoy this dish with a glass of wine. If you don't know how to make bruschetta, then here are some simple steps which will teach you how to make bruschetta. You can prepare bruschetta in lot of variations. You can add different toppings to this dish like cheeses, herbs, olive oil and various other types of vegetables. Basic ingredients that you will be requiring in preparation of bruschetta are- Italian bread, garlic, dough, salt as per your taste, pepper, tomato sauce, cheese, herbs, olives, tomatoes, peppers and veggies.

If you want to prepare a classical bruschetta, you should cut the slices of your dough and your Italian bread. Make sure that your bread is having a very thick crust and then form a crumb out of it. Now, you should brush its one side through garlic and then add to it olive oil. Now, place this on a plate and you can serve this dish as a snack or also with a glass of wine. You can also prepare bruschetta in the napoleon style. For that, you just need to grill your Italian bread and add to it some sauce and mozzarella, olives, salt as per your taste and pepper to it. If your doctor has asked you to not to eat non-vegetarian food, then you don't need to worry. You can also prepare vegetarian bruschetta. Preparation time take to prepare this dish is very less and ingredients will be also same for this. The different varieties that can be prepared with this bruschetta are popular bruschetta and sophisticated bruschetta and roman bruschetta. You will find that in most of all restaurants, you will be served with many different varieties of it. The method of preparing all the different variations is almost same. You need to take some precautions while you are preparing this dish. Toy should be careful with your bread that it does not get burn. If you eat this dish, you will not be suffering with any kind of diseases, but you should not eat in excessive forms.