Easy Mushroom Bruschetta with Baked Brie

Let’s talk bruschetta. I have been wanting to create my own easy bruschetta recipe for a while and it finally happened. I didn’t want to stick with a traditional tomato base recipe because, well, that’s just boring. So I was walking around Sprouts looking for something to catch my eye when I stumbled upon the mushrooms which were on sale and boom. Just like that I had my base ingredient for a mushroom bruschetta.

Mushrooms can be a tough ingredient. I have always loved mushrooms myself since they’re such a versatile vegetable to cook with. You can make them the star of the dish and stuff portobellos or you can sauté them and add them to literally anything. Most people have very strong feelings towards mushrooms, whether it’s love or hate, there’s not much in between. My goal here is to make anyone that tries this recipe, a mushroom lover for good.

In my attempt to keep the dish simple, affordable and tasty, I needed another strong flavor to balance out the intensity of the mushrooms. You might notice I left the word healthy out of that last sentence… and that’s because my search for a supporting flavor led me to the cheese counter. My first thought was goat cheese. It’s strong and heavy which would balance out the mushrooms but it would also overpower everything. That’s when I saw the wheels of brie. I absolutely love baked brie. It typically holds it’s shape and it’s damn good with literally anything. Keeping it simple, I had all the bruschetta toppings I needed and I headed home to cook.

Now to make the best bruschetta with just three ingredients. As a note, I didn’t even need a garnish since I wanted to make the mushrooms the star of my baked bruschetta. Don’t forget to preheat the oven before start, there’s nothing worse than having everything prepped, getting to the last instruction, and realizing you need to wait 10 minutes for the oven to heat up. The only extra tools/ingredients you need are olive oil or cooking spray and salt/pepper. It’s that easy.

I hope you enjoy my easy mushroom bruschetta with baked brie as much as I do.

Cheers!