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2 red bell peppers roasted, or one jar roasted red peppers
2 cloves garlic, halved
1 purple onion, diced
4 plum tomatoes, diced
3 table spoons olive oil
1 loaf of Italian or French bread, basically just get you a baguette
One bunch a fresh basil
Salt and pepper to taste

First you need to decide if you’re gonna roast the red peppers, or just buy a jar of them at your local grocery store. If you have the time, fresh roasted red peppers taste way better, but it’ll add and extra 30-40 minutes of prep time. Your call. If you choose to roast the red peppers, here’s how I do it indoors: Core the red peppers and cut them into thirds. Lay flat on a baking sheet covered in foil, with the skin up. Then place them on the highest position in your oven and broil for 10-15 minutes, until the skin blackens and begins to bubble a little bit. Remove, and either cover with another baking sheet, or a piece of aluminum foil, allowing the peppers to steam for 5-10 minutes. The skin should peel off real easy now. Cut the peppers chunks a little smaller than a postage stamp. Whew.

Or you could just open a jar of red peppers, and cut into chunks. Dice up your tomato and onion, and chop your basil down as well. Combine red peppers, tomato, onions and basil in a bowl and put some ground pepper and a little bit of salt on top. Set aside.

If you haven’t already, you want to turn your broiler on. Cut your loaf of bread into half-inch slices and then drizzle with some olive oil on both sides. Brown in the broiler for about four minutes, two minutes per side. Watch your bread carefully, it’s easy to burn it if you get distracted and that’ll make Jesus cry. Remove, let cool for a couple of minutes, and then rub the halved cloves of garlic on the bread.

Spoon the vegetable mixture on top of the toast and serve. Also, don’t be like me and find out the hard way that it’s pronounced “bru-sket-a” and not “bru-shet-a.” Serves 6-8.

I ate this for the time at a pizza place in Brooklyn with a really stereotypical Italian name, I want to say it was Bruno’s. Not great pizza, but this was really good.