Bruschetta Recipe From the Movie Julie & Julia (2024)

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The Julia Child Bruschetta recipe that's so good it brought my guests to tears. Olive Oil fried rustic bread topped with marinated tomatoes and basil.

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If you're the kind of person who likes to cook, you know the satisfaction you get from serving someone food and having them smile at the end of eating it. If they actually mumble out a "Soooo goood" as they're eating it even better. Betty does that all the time when I feed her, (but she doesn't count because she makes the same sounds eating a TV dinner or a pistachio she swept up from behind the fridge.)

So the MMMMMMmmmmmm sounds are good, but the Holy Grail of feeding someone is bringing them to tears. Reducing a human being to a quaking, sobbing mess whose greatest fear in life is no longer death ... but the thought of never eating this delicious food again.

On August 22nd, 2014 such a miracle occurred in my kitchen. And then it happened again.

I thought it was just a fluke, like when people see Jesus in their Cream of Wheat, but when it happened a second time I knew I'd stumbled upon something pretty spectacular. Definitely more spectacular than a hairy fridge pistachio.

Do you want to know what this miracle food was? Bruschetta. But you knew that already if you read the title of this post.

This isn't just any bruschetta though, it's bruschetta inspired by the movie Julie & Julia which if you don't know, it's a movie based on Julie Powell's blog in which she chronicled her (successful) attempt to recreate every recipe in Julia Child's "Mastering the Art of French Cooking". GREAT premise for a blog.

In the movie the bruschetta looked and sounded so goooood. And if you watch the scene from the movie, Julie's husband does exactly what you want people to do when they eat your cooking. He says, "This is GOOOOD!"

Also I love whatshisname. Whatshisname is my favourite character on The Mindy Project right after Mindy. And the other guy who is so funny. You know. The nurse.

The Bruschetta Recipe

So you want to learn how to make this bruschetta? Want to learn how to bring someone to tears with your food? Here we go.

First of all a few tips:

1. Use fresh, crusty bread. Whole slices! Not a baguette.

2. FRY in olive oil. I mean it. You fry it.

3. Don't even attempt this if it isn't summer and you don't have fresh tomatoes.

Let's get started ...

You need bread, olive oil, tomatoes, basil and salt.

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Dice a few fresh, local tomatoes. Extra points for heirloom and homegrown. Even if the home wasn't yours.

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Tear up a handful of fresh basil and add it. Add lots if you love basil, little if you don't. I used this sized bunch for around 5 small-medium tomatoes.

I know you're alarmed that there's no fresh garlic in this recipe but there isn't. I'm not going to second guess Julia Child. It's is 100% delicious without the overpowering flavour of garlic. If you want to add garlic you can but I BEG you to try it without first.

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Drizzle the tomatoes and basil with a good amount of olive oil and let stand for 30-45 minutes.

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After 30 minutes, sprinkle with salt and pepper (I actually don't use pepper but go nuts if you're a pepper person) let sit for another 10 minutes or so.

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Cover the bottom of a pan with olive oil until it's approximately 3mm deep. Just glug it in there. Heat pan over medium/low. Not too hot or your bread will burn, not too low or it'll just soak up a bunch of oil and get gross.

FRYING TIP

To test if your oil is hot enough to fry place the end of a wooden spoon in the oil. If the tip forms bubbles right away, it's at the right temperature to fry.

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While the pan is heating, slice your crusty bread. I make my own bread using the master recipe from this cookbook, The New Artisan Bread in Five Minutes a Day but you don't have to make your own bread. Just use a fresh, dense, crusty loaf.

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Fry bread slices in oil until browned or your tongue falls out of your mouth. Whichever comes first.

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Remove bread from the pan and generously spoon the tomato mixture over the top. But first, maybe, just look at the golden brown, toasty, olive oil drenched goodness. Smell it. Love it.

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O.K., NOW you can top it with your tomatoes and basil. Just spoon it right on there. Lots of it.

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And now you eat it.

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Bruschetta from the movie Julie & Julia

If you've watched the movie Julie & Julia you no doubt noticed the bruschetta love scene. I'm not sure anything in a movie has ever looked so delicious. This is that recipe.

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Course: Snack

Cuisine: Italian

Prep Time: 1 hour hour

Cook Time: 5 minutes minutes

Total Time: 1 hour hour 5 minutes minutes

Servings: 2

Calories: 637kcal

Ingredients

  • 3 medium tomatoes heirloom and a variety of colours if you can get them.
  • 3 large stems basil
  • ½ cup olive oil good quality
  • salt
  • 4 slices bread hearty, crusty bread is best.

Instructions

  • Dice tomatoes.

    Shred basil leaves.

    Mix tomatoes and basil in bowl with ¼ of olive oil, reserving other ¼ cup for frying.

    Let this mixture sit for 30 minutes.

    When the 30 minutes is up, add a generous sprinkling of salt to the mixture and let it sit for another 10 minutes.

    Now is when you can heat up ¼ cup of olive oil (your goal is to have 3mm of oil in the pan) over medium/low heat.

    Once hot, fry your slices of bread until golden.

    Remove bread from pan and top with tomato mixture.

Notes

You can cut the calories in this recipe by using less oil to fry the bread. It won't be *quite* as good, but the snack will have far less guilt associated it.

To test your oil to make sure it's hot enough, dip the end of a wooden spoon into the oil. If bubbles quickly form around the wood, it's the right temperature. If they take a while to bubble, it isn't hot enough. If the oil bubbles and spurts crazily, the pan is too hot.

Nutrition

Serving: 2pieces | Calories: 637kcal | Carbohydrates: 29g | Protein: 6g | Fat: 56g | Saturated Fat: 7g | Sodium: 294mg | Potassium: 212mg | Fiber: 2g | Sugar: 4g | Vitamin A: 465IU | Vitamin C: 6.4mg | Calcium: 77mg | Iron: 2.4mg

I've listed this as a snack, but in the summer this could easily be a meal. Especially if you round it out with a big bowl of ice cream.

Serve the bruschetta HOT. With a box of Kleenex.

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FAQs

Bruschetta Recipe From the Movie Julie & Julia? ›

Tomato basil bruschetta Julie and Julia style: Mix tomatoes, basil, a little parmesan, olive oil, splash of balsamic vinegar, and a pinch of salt and pepper in a bowl. Let sit while you toast up some olive oil and garlic brushed baguette slices in a skillet.

What was the Julie & Julia Project how many recipes are in the book? ›

Julie & Julia: 365 Days, 524 Recipes, 1 Tiny Apartment Kitchen. While working for the Lower Manhattan Development Corporation in August 2002, Powell began the Julie/Julia Project, a blog on Salon chronicling her attempt to cook all the recipes in Julia Child's Mastering the Art of French Cooking.

Why is bruschetta so good? ›

The perfect Bruschetta is so much more than just a piece of bread. At its best, bruschetta will have a rough, crisp surface rubbed with fresh garlic while still warm, then drizzled with the finest, fruitiest, freshest extra virgin olive oil and dusted with salt.

Why was bruschetta made? ›

Raw pork products and spices encased in pig bladder are aged and the paste spread on open slices of bread which are sometimes grilled. The dish was developed as a way of salvaging bread that was going stale.

What was Julia Child's favorite recipe? ›

Vichyssoise. Well-known as one of Julia Child's favorite dishes, this chilled leek and potato soup is startling in its simplicity. Aside from the leek, potato, and water, Child's version of the soup calls for barely any additional ingredients.

What food did Julia eat for the first time? ›

Julia and Paul arrived on French soil in 1946 after he accepted a job in Paris. Their first stop was a restaurant called La Couronne. Julia ordered the simple, classic French dish: fillet of sole cooked with butter, lemon, parsley and flour.

What is the best store bought bread for bruschetta? ›

Choose a loaf of Italian bread, such as ciabatta, for a more traditional bruschetta. This recipe uses slices of French bread, like a baguette. Slice the bread on the diagonal at least ¼-inch thick or more to make an oval shape.

What is bruschetta topping made of? ›

It's just a mixture of chopped tomatoes, balsamic, basil, and garlic, spooned over olive-oil brushed slices of toasted baguette or rustic bread. It's perfect for a party because you can make a large batch of the topping ahead of time, as well as toasting baguette slices.

What type of tomato is most commonly used for bruschetta? ›

The Best Tomatoes for Bruschetta Recipe

While you can use almost any tomato for bruschetta, I love to use Romas because they have a deep flavor. But I also enjoy making it with whatever's ripe from the garden – Jersey boys, Rutgers Ramapo, Heirloom, etc. What is this? Seriously, whatever you can use works!

What is a fun fact about bruschetta? ›

Bruschetta traces its roots back to ancient Rome, where peasants created a simple dish by grilling leftover bread over an open fire. This practice allowed them to make use of stale bread and add flavor to their meals. The word “bruschetta” comes from the Italian verb “bruscare,” which means “to roast over coals.”

What is another name for bruschetta? ›

Crostini: This is an Italian term for small toasted bread slices, often served with savory toppings. Bruschetta is a specific type of crostini where the bread is grilled or charred. Fettunta: This is a Tuscan dish similar to bruschetta, but it's usually served without toppings, especially to showcase fresh olive oil.

What food is featured in Julie and Julia? ›

Boeuf Bourguignon. It sounds so fancy when it rolls off the tongue.

What was the meal that changed Julia Child's life? ›

For their first meal in France, Paul ordered oysters, sole meunière and a green salad. Child devoured the meal, calling it “perfection.” Alex Prud'homme, Child's grandnephew and cowriter of her memoir, “My Life in France,” opened the book with this now famous scene.

What type of food did Julia Child specialize in? ›

Famous chef, author, and television personality, Julia Child made French cuisine accessible to American audiences. She was one of the first women to host her own cooking show on television, providing tips and lessons on how to prepare French food simply and easily.

What did Julia Child cook on her first show? ›

It was on a 1961 promotional tour for Mastering the Art of French Cooking that Julia made her first contact with public television, as a guest on a GBH book review show called I've Been Reading. She arrived with a hot plate, giant whisk, and eggs and made an omelette on the set.

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