Author Notes
A few summers ago my favorite farmer at the market handed me a few bunches of chard, which I washed and sauteed with a lot of garlic then tossed with linguine and fresh ricotta. It quickly become a staple. The flavors were so good I started to play with other ways to serve it. First there was a frittata and later this bruschetta, which I now make interchangeably with the chard. It's great as an appetizer, lunch or light dinner. —Lori Lyn Narlock
Ingredients
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8
(1/2-inch-thick) slices Ciabatta or Pugliese bread
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1 cup
fresh ricotta, room temperature
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2
cloves garlic, chopped
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1/2 teaspoon
crushed red pepper
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1 teaspoon
kosher salt
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Tablespoon
olive oil
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4 ounces
baby spinach, washed and spun dry
Directions
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Preheat the broiler.
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Mix together the ricotta, 1 clove of the garlic, the crushed red peppers and the salt.
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Heat the olive oil in a medium skillet over medium heat. Add the garlic and spinach and cook, stirring constantly until wilted. Remove from the heat.
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Toast the bread slices under a broiler until just crisp, 1 to 2 minutes per side. Set on a platter.
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Spread 2 tablespoons of the ricotta on each slice of toasted bread. Using tongs, top with equal amounts of the spinach and serve immediately.
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