Bruschetta with Shrimp Salsa

This bruschetta with shrimp salsa is the appetizer that disappears first. Crispy toasted baguette meets a zesty lime-and-chili salsa and buttery garlic shrimp — bright, fresh and ready in minutes. Perfect for summer gatherings, holiday platters or a fancy-feeling weeknight.

Ingredients

• 1 baguette
• 1 red onion
• 2 tomatoes
• 1/2 chili pepper
• 2 garlic cloves
• Lime juice
• Cilantro or fresh herbs
• 1 tbsp vegetable oil
• Shrimp
• Butter

Instructions

1. Finely dice the red onion and chili. Blanch the tomatoes, peel them, and dice finely as well.
2. Press the garlic, chop the herbs, then add the lime juice and vegetable oil and toss the salsa together. Saute the shrimp in butter with garlic (fresh shrimp 3 minutes, pre-cooked pink shrimp 1 minute).
3. Slice the baguette thinly and toast the slices in a dry skillet.
4. Top each slice with salsa and shrimp, and garnish with herbs if you like.

Tips

• Blanch the tomatoes for 30 seconds so the skins slip off easily — this keeps the salsa silky rather than watery. Dice everything small so the salsa sits neatly on the baguette.
• Toast the baguette slices until deeply golden in a dry skillet; they are the crunchy base that holds everything together. Sear fresh shrimp hot and fast — 3 minutes is plenty — so they stay juicy.
• Craving more shrimp appetizers? Try our Shrimp in Puff Pastry or the Shrimp Tortilla Cup Appetizers. For shrimp technique, browse the guides on Allrecipes and Serious Eats.

Nutrition

Nutrition per 100 g: 110 kcal, protein 10.8 g, fat 5.8 g, carbs 8.6 g