Burrata Toast With Tomato And Basil

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This easy burrata toast is a great upscale appetizer for dinner parties and date nights! It’s fresh, flavorful, and comes together in just 10 minutes.

Fresh, flavorful ingredients help make a dish as delicious as possible. And that’s especially true for our burrata toast. Recipes like this that focus on only a couple ingredients benefit tremendously when those ingredients are high quality and fresh. That way you get the most out of each bite and flavor. Creamy burrata, crunchy yet fluffy bread, ripe tomatoes, and fresh basil combine to create an easy, light and fun appetizer.

This recipe was inspired by an appetizer from our favorite restaurant in Paso Robles called La Cosecha. Their burrata toast goes above and beyond with pesto and crispy pancetta in addition to burrata, tomatoes, basil, and balsamic. But what really blew us away the first time we tried it was that every single ingredient tasted so fresh and flavorful – you could immediately tell everything was sourced locally. So we kept this idea going in our recipe, while simplifying the flavors down to a delicious, easy to make small plate.

What This Recipe Entails

In less than 10 minutes you can have ready this fancy, delicious appetizer with very little work required.

• Prep time: 5 minutes
• Cook time: 3 minutes, just enough time to toast the bread!

High quality ingredients is the key to making the best possible burrata toast. From fresh, fluffy bread, to high quality burrata, you’ll taste every ingredient in every bite.

What Is Burrata Toast?

Burrata toast is one of our favorite ways to serve burrata. Of course, to make a simple burrata toast, all you need to do is spread burrata on toasted bread. But to make your burrata toast a little more special, you’ll need a few more ingredients:

• Fresh Italian bread – Choose a freshly baked loaf of bread that has a crusty outside and soft, fluffy inside.
• Fresh produce – Look for bright red tomatoes on the vine and bright green basil leaves. (As a general rule, brighter colored produce = fresher and better flavor). Shop for these at your local produce market. Or better yet, pick these ingredients from your own home garden!
• Burrata – A good rule for selecting cheese is to buy local. The shorter distance your food has to travel to get to you, the fresher and more flavorful it is. See if you can grab some burrata at your local farmer’s market, or if there’s a somewhat local brand available at your grocery store.
• Extra virgin olive oil and balsamic vinegar – Selecting an extra virgin olive oil and balsamic vinegar is like picking out a good wine. There’s a lot of variation in flavor from brand to brand, and it’s easy to end up with flavors that are too acidic or bitter if you don’t choose wisely. We recommend a global blend EVOO and a high-quality balsamic vinegar of modena for this recipe.

How To Make Burrata Toast Appetizers

This recipe for burrata toast with fresh tomatoes and basil truly is easy. It’ll only take you 10 minutes or less! Here’s how to make it:

1. Slice – First cut your loaf of bread in half horizontally, so that you have two large pieces with plenty of crust on one side. Then, slice these into roughly 2-inch square pieces.
2. Broil – Crisp the bread crust side down until slightly toasty on top but still fluffy in the middle. 
3. Drizzle – Lightly drizzle each piece of toasted bread with EVOO and balsamic vinegar.
4. Assemble – Top each toast with a slice of tomato, a generous dollop of burrata, and roughly chopped basil. Serve immediately and enjoy!

Serving Suggestions

• Dinner party – Burrata toast is a great opening appetizer to get your dinner party started. Plus it’s easy and quick to help cut down on prep time.
• Tapas night – We love including burrata toast as part of our tapas party spreads. It’s the perfect complement to saltier tapas like chorizo or patatas bravas since it’s so fresh and light.
• Date night – If you’re looking to elevate a date night in, perhaps for an anniversary, birthday, or other celebratory occasion, pair burrata toast with your favorite pasta dinner along with a fun craft cocktail. Our favorite pairing is goat cheese and tomato gnocchi with a rosemary vodka lemonade.

No matter what the occasion, here are some of our favorite appetizers to serve along with this recipe:

• Queso De Cabra Con Tomate
• Roasted Tomato and Garlic Bruschetta with Balsamic
• Blueberry Lemon Whipped Brie
• Spinach Artichoke Dip Phyllo Cups

If you’re looking for a fancy and delicious appetizer, try our elevated burrata toast recipe! Don’t forget to rate, comment, and share if you love it.