Main Ingredients:

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Cooking Preparation of the Recipe:

18 pn Crusty italian bread
-- tuscan type
3 x 3 inches, 1/2 inch thick
Salt and freshly ground blac
-k pepper
1 cl Garlic; peeled and cut in
; half
1/2 c Olive oil
Salt and freshly ground blac
-k pepper
To serve:
2 lg Ripe but not overripe tomato
-es - about
1 pound total weight

Recipe by: Giuliano Bugialli's Foods of Italy.
1. Preheat the oven to 375 degrees. Place the pieces of bread on
the shiny side of a piece of aluminum foil and toast them for 10
minutes on each side. Then rub both sides of each slice with the cut
garlic.
3. Arrange the basil leaves on a large platter; then put the
pieces of bread over them.
4. Warm the oil in a small saucepan over very low heat for 5
minutes. Immediately pour the warm oil over the bread. Sprinkle with
salt and pepper to taste.
5. Cut the tomatoes horizonatally into 1-inch-thick slices; then
cut each slice in half. Place 1 half-slice of tomato on top of each
slice of bread and serve immediately.

Serves 8 as an appetizer. Giuliano Bugialli's Foods of Italy.

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