bruschetta
/brʊˈskɛtə
/noun [mass noun]
Toasted Italian bread drenched in olive oil and served typically with garlic or tomatoes.From jumbo chicken wings or warm chicken salad around the €8 mark to garlic ciabatta bread and bruschetta for €2.45 and €3.75, they also won't break the bank....
- Minestrone with garlic bread bruschetta, buffalo mozzarella pizza, and homemade cannelloni would be followed by a selection of main courses including Chilean sea bass, tiger prawns, and rosemary spring chicken.
- For starters, there were stonebaked garlic bread, bruschetta and tomato and mozzarella salad, at around the £3.50 mark.
Usage
Note that bruschetta is spelled with -sche- in the middle but pronounced -ske-.
Origin
Italian, from bruscare 'to toast'.