Cheesy Roasted Garlic Bread with Tomatoes
A delicious side dish that’s made with 3 types of cheese (ricotta, mozzarella and sharp cheddar), roasted garlic bread and sliced tomatoes.
Roasted garlic couldn’t be easier to make.
In no time, the cloves of garlic are spreadable.
Not only does the consistency of the garlic change, but so does the taste.
To my taste buds, roasted garlic has a subtle, almost sweet flavor to it.
About the Ingredients
This recipe starts out with thick slices of French bread.
Then roasted garlic is generously spread on top of the bread as the first layer of wonderful flavor.
Next, a layer of sliced fresh tomatoes with salt and pepper is added and then topped with a big dollop of ricotta cheese and a sprinkle of oregano.
Then two more layers of cheese are added, shredded mozzarella and shredded cheddar cheese.
That’s 3 types of cheese you get in every bite.
About Baking this Cheesy Bread
It’s helpful to bake these slices of cheesy roasted garlic bread in a shallow casserole or baking dish that’s just big enough for all of the slices of bread to fit in (rather than using a large cookie sheet or pizza pan).
This way, when the shredded cheese that’s piled high on the top falls off of the sides of the bread, there isn’t a hardened cheese mess to clean up like there would be if a large pan with extra space were used.
Instead, excess cheese just falls on to another slice of cheesy garlic bread which is a good thing because the more cheese the better.
Let’s check out the ingredients.
Roasted Garlic – a bulb of garlic and olive oil
Cheese Bread – thick slices of French bread, olive oil, roasted garlic, slices of tomato, salt, pepper, ricotta cheese, dried oregano, shredded mozzarella cheese and shredded cheddar cheese
HOW TO MAKE THIS RECIPE
A printable recipe with the measurements and instructions is located at the bottom of this post.
For the Roasted Garlic:
Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F.
On a large piece of foil, lay the bulb of garlic.
Then drizzle olive oil on top of the garlic.
Lift up the edges of the foil and squeeze them together to form a “tent”.
Bake in a preheated oven (at 375 degrees F.) for 25 minutes.
Then remove from the oven and using hot mitts, open the foil.
Let cool.
Once cooled, using the flat edge of a knife or a spoon,
squeeze each garlic clove out of the skin.
Set aside for a moment.
For the Cheese Bread:
In a small to medium size casserole or baking dish…
…lay out the thickly sliced pieces of French bread side-by-side.
Then,
drizzle olive oil on top of each piece of bread and…
…spread the roasted garlic on the bread with a knife.
It’s best if the garlic is a little bit chunky when spreading it.
Next,
lay the slices of tomato on top of the garlic.
Sprinkle salt and…
…pepper on top of the tomatoes.
On top of each tomato, add dollops of ricotta cheese and…
…top with dried oregano.
On top…
…add shredded mozzarella cheese and…
shredded cheddar cheese.
Bake in a preheated oven (350 degrees F.) until the cheese melts (about 25 minutes).
And…
…serve warm.
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Cheesy Roasted Garlic Bread with Tomatoes
Ingredients
For the Roasted Garlic:
- 1 bulb garlic
- 3 teaspoons olive oil
For the Cheese Bread:
- 4 thick slices French bread
- 1 tablespoon plus 1 teaspoon olive oil
- Roasted Garlic
- 8 slices fresh tomato
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 teaspoon ground black pepper
- 1/2 cup ricotta cheese
- 1 tablespoon dried oregano
- 1 cup shredded mozzarella cheese
- 1/2 cup shredded cheddar cheese
Instructions
For the Roasted Garlic:
- Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F.
- On a large piece of foil, lay the bulb of garlic. Drizzle olive oil on top of the garlic.
- Lift up the edges of the foil and squeeze them together to form a “tent”. Bake in a preheated (at 375 degrees F.) oven for 25 minutes.
- Then remove from the oven and using hot mitts, open the foil. Let cool.
- Once cooled, using the flat edge of a knife or a spoon, squeeze each garlic clove out of the skin. Set aside for a moment.
For the Cheese Bread:
- Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F.
- In a small to medium size casserole or baking dish, lay out the pieces of French bread side-by-side.
- Then drizzle olive oil on top of each piece of bread and spread roasted garlic on the bread with a knife. It’s best if the garlic is a little bit chunky when spreading it.
- Lay the slices of tomato on top of the garlic. Sprinkle salt and pepper on top of the tomatoes.
- On top of each tomato, add dollops of ricotta cheese and top with dried oregano.
- On top, add both types of shredded cheese and bake in a preheated oven (at 350 degrees F.) until the cheese melts (about 25 minutes).
- Serve warm.
Serving Suggestions
This garlic bread can be served cut in half as an appetizer, or as a side dish, a semi-main dish with soup or salad, or main dish for a light meatless meal.
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This is a very good duplicate for the tomato bread my favorite college pizza joint made (and that I lived on then! ???). With all the great tomatoes this summer, I knew I had to give this a try! Only thing I did different was use some olive oil with the butter and toasted the bread in my toaster oven before topping the bread with the tomatoes and cheese. Thanks!
Hi Su, tomato bread at a pizza place sounds delicious for breakfast, lunch and dinner! The way you made this sounds really good. Great idea to toast the bread before adding the toppings. Thank you for letting me know how it turned out!
Roasting my garlic now, this looks amazing!!!!
Thank you!
Yep. I could eat all of it. An entire loaf. Done and done! Looks amazing.
Hi Russell, thank you very much!