/ / recipes / course / antipasto-appetizer By course Antipasto / Appetizer 1 viral, validated antipasto / appetizer recipes — each tested by a named editor in a real kitchen. Italian · 20 min · Easy Bruschetta — pain grillé italien à la tomate Italy's perfect antipasto: thick slices of country bread grilled until charred, rubbed with a raw garlic clove, drizzled with good olive oil, and — in the classic version — heaped with diced ripe tomato and basil. It began as a way to taste new olive oil on toasted bread; the magic is in great bread, great oil and great tomatoes, and almost no cooking.