Cherie’s Olive and Mint Bruschetta
By Sid Khullar • Aug 29th, 2009 • Category: Columns
A few days back, I was speaking to a friend about cooking for her son. Following the conversation, I began thinking about and posting recipes for children on Facebook. Speaking with Toni a couple of days back, it struck me that I’m not spending *any* time with Cherie… my own daughter!
Today’s lunch was an exercise in Cherie and I spending time together and it was fun! Not only did she gobble up her meal (as Toni predicted), both of us enjoyed ourselves immensely and we’ll be doing things regularly from now on.
Bruschetta (brus-ketta) originated in Central Italy and probably began with olive oil makers tasting their newly pressed olive oil. The basic recipe consists of grilled bread rubbed with garlic, drizzled with extra virgin olive oil and seasoned with salt and pepper. Toppings can vary.
We chose to use black olives and mint as our topping.
- Coarsely chop your olives and garlic, chiffonade some mint
- Pound black pepper and sea salt into a coarse powder
- Mix the two in a bowl, with some extra virgin olive oil and black balsamic vinegar. We also tossed in some assorted Provençal herbs.
- Toast some bread and top with the olive/mint mixture. Add a little cheese if you like.
- Serve hot!
It was truly delicious and you must try it!
- Cherie & Sid
Sid Khullar is a self confessed food addict who likes cooking, writing and photography... and travel, if it gets him closer to a good book and interesting food.
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Hurray! I knew she’d love it, well done. I love Bruschetta, you can put anything you like on top and it’s usually delicious. The pictures are lovely, so good to see Cherie in Chef mode. She seemed to handle that knife very well.
@Toni: A big hug to you partially in way of thanks!
Wow Cherie! Im so very proud of you! You and I must share a similar sandwich when I am with you next. You could teach me how to make it you know!
Sid, I have a thought about Cherie’s culinary efforts…..just a thought I remind you. Do you think that if she started her own blog that it would help other children become interested in cooking. You know, name it something that would appeal to children her age and then let the blog mature as she does. Let me know what you think….it’s not like you allready have enough on your hands.
Paula Berglund Blum
fb friend
Hey Cherie
Great going!! Lemme know the next time you do that, n save some for me!! All the best.. Bless u..
Hey Paula, That’s a brilliant idea. That’s what you should do Siddhartha! Help Cherie with a blog site of her own
@paula: Thank you, that’s a great idea – am going to do it… when it’ll happen is in doubt – probably in the next couple of months i guess – again, i *love* the idea!