I spent the early morning hours at the local farmer's market where, in addition to some other amazing food finds, I happened upon some yellow heirloom tomatoes that were ripe and lovely. When I got them home I remembered the heirloom tomato bruscetta from the movie Julie and Julia. I googled the recipe and the instructions included brushing the bread with olive oil and then toasting them in the oven. I remembered in the movie that the Julie character fried them in butter in a cast iron skillet (then because I have a little of the OCD I re-viewed that portion of the movie to double check). So after I made my homemade from scratch raspberry jam and got that canned and put away; I hacked up some tomatoes added kosher salt and some coarsly ground black pepper and let them sit for the afternoon while I finished knitting part of the cardigan I'm working on. (I know, I sound like Martha Freakin' Stewart here, but really, no. Were I Martha Almighty I'd have also painted my kitchen, fed some Bosnian orphans, handcrafted my own shoes from leather I'd tanned myself - or had my staff of gay minions tan- and looked fabu while I was at it).
So five-ish I cut my ciabatta loaf (bought fresh this morning from the Mill Pond Bakery of Chelsea, MI at the Farmer's Market) into some slices, smeared on some room temp butter and "toasted" them in my cast iron skillet. Once they were brown, crispy and buttery on both sides I rubbed one side with a fresh clove of garlic and spooned my tomatoes on top. Oh my Goddess! That was GOOD! I can admit here that I had tomato juice running down my arm, and I was trying to lick it off. Henceforth I will only make my bruscetta with butter in a cast iron skillet. You HAVE to try this!!!!!!!
Now I'm off to have a cup of Lobster Butter Love from Roo's Roasts of Ann Arbor. Happy tummy, happy tastebuds.
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